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This publication brings together 27 objects that were made in Europe during the Middle Ages, between the 11th and the early 16th centuries. They represent some of the finest examples of sculpture, metalwork, painting, drawing, and stained glass still in private hands, and together offer a startling insight into the period's rich artistic achievements. AUTHOR: Matthew Reeves is Western Specialist at Sam Fogg Ltd, one of the world's leading galleries of Medieval art and manuscripts.

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A refreshing deviation from standard gallery fare, [Of Earth and Heaven] features European works from the twelfth through the sixteenth century--gory and ornate renderings of Biblical themes, with all the visual hyperbole and perspectival weirdness one could hope for. --The New Yorker An impressive group of 12th- to 16th-century European art from private collections. --The Art Newspaper

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Matthew Reeves is a director at London's Sam Fogg art museum and leads its team of medieval specialists. He has coauthored publications including Late Medieval Panel Paintings Vol. II: Materials, Methods, Meanings, Maiolica before Raphael: Italian Ceramics before 1500, and Late Medieval and Renaissance Textiles.

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