Dictionary of Art HistoriansFull Name
Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain
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Date Born
1937
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Career
Overview
Medievalist, chief curator of the Musee de Cluny and the Musee d'Ecouen; president of the French Society of Archaeology. Erlande-Brandenburg was chosen to write a number of French-language surveys on medieval art. In 1983 he produced the Gothic art volume for the Editions d'Art Mazenod and in 1987 volume 34 in the Univers des formes (survey) series on medieval art, 1260-1380.
Selected Bibliography
The Cluny Museum. Paris: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, 1979. L'art gothique. Paris: Editions d'Art L. Mazenod, 1983, English, Gothic Art. New York: Abrams, 1989; La conquête de l'Europe: 1260-1380. Paris: Gallimard, 1987; Cathedrals and Castles: Building in the Middle Ages. [New York: H. N. Abrams, 1995;
Sources
The International Who's Who. 72nd edition. London: Routledge, 2008.