The Appearance of Thomas Aquinas Aesthetics Theory in the illustrations of Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

With recognition of Christianity by Constantine the Great, the church governed the political and social affairs with responsibility and monasteries were established in order to do cultural and religious purposes. The monasteries produced manuscript to preserve religious thought. The process of manuscript’s illumination continued with the artists with special styles and intricate decorations, in spite of limitations in subject of illustration. In addition to religious stories, folk subjects entered in manuscript’s illumination in the late middle Ages. The Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is the most famous and possibly the best surviving example of Scholasticism in Middle Ages. The ideas of about the light and clarity, integrity and proportion are evident in this book. The aims of essay are comparing Aesthetic in illustrations on the base of Aquinas theories and studying of his Theology in motifs and colors in Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The hypothesis is about amount of inspiration from Aquinas knowledge in portraits. So, this paper explains constant harmony between the illustration and religious thought. The ingeniously method of artist has been explained with helping colors and visual elements.