LOS ANGELES, CA.- Personal style reveals a lot about a person, even as far back as the Middle Ages. Just as today, a haute couture gown demonstrates the social status of the person wearing it and a doctor’s white coat discloses an individual’s occupati…
Clothes Make the Medieval Man and Woman in Getty Center Manuscript Exhibition
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Personal style reveals a lot about a person, even as far back as the Middle Ages. Just as today, a haute couture gown demonstrates the social status of the person wearing it and a doctor’s white coat discloses an individual’s occupati…
Getty Museum Displays Stories to Watch: Narrative in Medieval Manuscripts
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The illuminators of medieval manuscripts found creative ways to tell stories through pictures. A sequence of illustrations was often linked on a page, or several parts of a tale were incorporated in a single image. On view at the J. P…
Tate Offers a Fresh Assessment of the History of Watercolour Painting in Britain
LONDON.- Tate Britain will present a fresh assessment of the history of watercolour painting in Britain from its emergence in the Middle Ages through to the present day. This major exhibition will show around 200 works including pieces by historic arti…
Hebrew Manuscripts on View during High Holy Days at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Two important medieval Hebrew manuscripts—a Mishneh Torah made between 1300 and 1400 in Germany and an illuminated leaf from a prayer book made in Austria around 1360—are on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Clo…
Manuscript Exhibition Examines Aspects of Play in Medieval Society
BALTIMORE, MD.- We are all familiar with praying monks, but playing monks? A Book of Hours from Flanders finds them deep in a game of “Blind Man’s Bluff,” while on the opposite page peasant boys enjoy a rigorous game of hockey. Such deli…
Christie’s Presents a Curated Public Exhibition of Masterpieces
LONDON.- Christie’s announced that they will present a curated, public exhibition from 14 to 17 June 2010 showcasing the leading highlights from the richest and most exciting summer auction season in a generation. Juxtaposed: Masterpieces through …