The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy.

TFAA is happy to join FRAME  and DMA to bring this exhibition to Dallas, Texas

Between 2010 and 2012, FRAME is bringing 40 celebrated masterpieces of medieval Burgundian sculpture to seven museums across the United States (see schedule of FRAME on their website). The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy, consists of sculptures from the tomb of John the Fearless (1342-1404), the second duke of Burgundy. His elaborate tomb, once housed at a monastery on the outskirts of Dijon, is now one of the centerpieces of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. The exhibition draws almost entirely from the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, which, with the Dallas Museum of Art, is organizing the exhibition. In association with this exhibition, FRAME has also undertaken The Mourners Photography Project, which presents 360-degree, detailed, and true 3D photographs of the sculptures in the exhibition.

Oct 3, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011 - Dallas Museum of Art - TX / USA

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The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy is organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, under the auspices of FRAME (French Regional and American Museum Exchange).

 The exhibition is supported by a leadership gift from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.  Additional support is provided by the Florence Gould Foundation, the Eugene McDermott Foundation, Connie Goodyear Baron and Boucheron. Major corporate support is provided by Bank of the West – Member BNP Paribas Group.  This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

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BURGUNDY'S GOLDEN AGE AND THE VALOIS DUKES lecture by Lynda H. Kelly
October 27
7 p.m.
Alliance Francaise de Houston.

For a little over 100 years, from 1363 to 1477, four dukes of Burgundy ruled over a powerful, semi-independent state including parts of modern France and most of present-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.  Princes of the royal blood, the dukes were renowned for the quasi-regal splendor of their court.  They expressed their power and prestige with magnificent dress, lavish banquets and brilliant festivities.  They wielded great power at the French court at a time of grave peril and political turmoil when the young king went mad and the English re-invaded France.  Great patrons of the arts, the dukes commissioned many masterpieces, making their capital, Dijon, an epicenter of artistic innovation.  The tombs of the first dukes—Philip the Bold and John the Fearless—are some of the finest examples of Burgundian court sculpture, including a funeral cortège of statuette-mourners who are dressed in flowing robes and display their grief with expressive gestures. 

This illustrated lecture will present the contributions of the dukes to late Gothic art against the background of the turbulent history of the period.