Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Tapest1-y

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А faшous Arras tapestry �vas made in 1386 Ьу а weaver of the паше of Michel Bernard. It measured over two hнndred and eighty-five square yards, and гepгesented the battle of Roosebecke. At this time а tapestry ,vOl'ker lived, named Jehanne AgheЬe, one of the first attested ,voшen's пашеs in connection with this ai·t. In the Treasury of the church of Douai there is шentioп of three cнshions шаdе of high loom tapcst1·y presented in 1386 Ьу '' la demoiselle Englise." It is поt kno,v11 ,vho this yoнng lady шау have Ьееп. France and Flande1·s шаdе tl1e most desiraЫe tapestтies in tl1e fouгteenth century. Iп Italy the art had little vogue until thc fifteenth. Vcry little tapestry was rпade in Spain in the Middle Ages, the earliest well knowп makcг ,vas naшed Gнtierrcz, in tЬе t ime of Philip IV. The picture Ьу Velasquez, kno,Yn as "The Wea.veгs," representн the interior of his maпнfactory. А tаЫе cloth in шedimval tirnes ,vas called а " car­ pett: " these ,verc ofteп vегу ornate, апd it is useful to kнow that tl1eir нsс ,vas not fOI' floor covering, for the inventoгies often шевtiоп " carpetts " worked with pear]s and si]ver tissнe, whicl1 ,voнld have been siпgu­ ]aгly inappгopriate. The Arabs introdнced the art of carpet weaving into Spaiп. An Oгiental: Ed1·isi, writing in the twelfth centuгy, says that such caгpcts 1:;ere шаdе at that time in A]icaпte, as could поt Ье pгoduce;d elsewhere, owiпg to ceгtain qualities iп both air and ,Yater ,vhich gгeat]y beпefited the woo] used in their manнfactuгe.