Sentences with phrase «illuminated manuscripts»

Traditionally speaking, artists have been associated with the written word since illuminated manuscripts were developed in the European medieval period.

This text, from the year 847 — written, one can't help noticing, when the best artists of Carolingian Europe were spending their lives applying gold leaf details to illuminated manuscripts and crafting decorative metalwork — could easily be a commentary on 20th - century modernism.

The Picture Bible — one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts produced in France during the thirteenth century — was disbound for conservation and study, offering visitors a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to view twenty - six of the book's pages in a single exhibition.

Roberts» works translate found, quotidian language into abstract, patterned structures, which she refers to as «illuminated manuscripts of the everyday.»

There is a studied playfulness in Leach's work that suggests a web of references: from the foliate designs of Arts and Crafts fabric and wallpaper to Brigette Riley's 1960s Op paintings; from the interlace of illuminated manuscripts to printed vinyl upholstery fabric found on thrift shop furniture.

As well as its superb collection of paintings, sculpture and drawings, The Courtauld has two photographic libraries - the Lord Martin Conway library, embracing architectural drawings, sculpture and illuminated manuscripts; and the Robert Witt library, covering paintings, drawings and engravings, with over 2 million reproductions of works by more than 70,000 artists - and a Book Library, which contains one of the UK's largest archives of works on the history of art.

Similar designs were later taken up by early Christian artists for use in illuminated manuscripts, and also appear in Islamic art, notably in its interior and exterior designwork on mosques.

The collection encompasses antiquities, illuminated manuscripts, drawings and sculpture.

In characteristic defiance of the hierarchies of high and low, Kozloff considered this work to be «a cross between coloring books and illuminated manuscripts.»

In fact, today few of his larger works survive, and he is largely remembered for his illuminated manuscripts, of which he produced countless.

These panels with texts and accompanying abstract structures might be called illuminated manuscripts of the everyday.

The English contribution to Romanesque art and Gothic art was considerable, especially in illuminated manuscripts and monumental sculpture for churches, though the other countries were now essentially provincial, and in the 15th century Britain struggled to keep up with developments in painting on the Continent.

See and buy art from over 130 of the world's leading galleries specialising in antiquities, Asian art, ethnographic art, illuminated manuscripts, medieval, modern and post-war art, Old Masters and 19th Century, as well as photography, sculpture and wunderkammer.

Borders of concentric lines frame these works, representing containment and control while also referring to the margins of Persian miniature paintings and illuminated manuscripts or to modern geometric abstraction.

BioPerversity at Nicodim Gallery through April 28, 2018 By Shana Nys Dambrot We tend to use anthropomorphized animals as proxies in metaphors and morality plays, fairy tales and Freudian projections, tattoos and illuminated manuscripts.

Now in its fourth year, the fair features vetted objects from leading international galleries dealing in antiquities, ethnographic art, illuminated manuscripts, Medieval, modern, Post-war, Old Masters, and more.

Post-Classical Indian Painting Illuminated manuscripts, illustrations and other forms of painting in India from the 14th to the 16th century.

Nolan's works evolve out of consciously erratic investigations into the aesthetics of diverse fields such as cosmology, humoral theory and illuminated manuscripts.

Actually, its quite a range of sights: film, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, and photographic works scaled from palm - size to monumental and realized in an almost dizzying array of media, from prints on the highest - tech aluminum to 50 - foot Shoji screens of translucent paper that might have been rescued from an ancient temple.

The AGSA's collection of Asian Art includes rare examples of Japanese art (ceramics, screens, sculpture, prints), Chinese art (pottery, lacquerware, sculpture), Indian art (miniature painting, illuminated manuscripts, carvings, textiles), as well as works from Southeast Asia (notably wood carving from South Sumatra) and the Middle East.

Filling the rambling building with new works and old, from a Giovanni Bellini Head of Christ to Nancy Spero's Artaud Codex, it included dozens of unlikely things — whether medieval illuminated manuscripts or Lee Lozano's statements of withdrawal from the art world in 1992.

They dominate the figures in a number of enchanting illuminated manuscripts from Burgundy, and the Netherlandish painters Hubert and Jan van Eyck introduced the landscape into panel painting.

This makes them the oldest Christian illuminated manuscripts ever found.

He went on to explain that «many of those in the know now give Frieze a miss and head straight for the neighbouring fair Frieze Masters [that] is a cornucopia of every kind of art that isn't strictly contemporary: illuminated manuscripts hang beside tribal masks, classical sculpture and an unbelievable array of 20th - century art.»

The exhibition, on view in Cleveland from October 17, 2010, to January 17, 2011, will provide American audiences with an unparalleled opportunity to see about 100 extraordinary works of late antique, Byzantine, and Western medieval art, including precious metalwork objects, paintings, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts, drawn from public and private collections as well as church treasuries across the United States and Europe.

It also holds the Wildenstein Collection of illuminated manuscripts.

Nolan's works begin with the close scrutiny of individual literary or artistic works, or evolve out of consciously erratic enquiries into the aesthetics of diverse fields, such as cosmology, humoral theory, and illuminated manuscripts.

In addition to ongoing exhibitions featuring the art and artists of the Northwest and broader western region, TAM's history includes exhibitions of medieval illuminated manuscripts, Renaissance bronze sculptures, French impressionist paintings, German expressionist prints, 19th - and early 20th - century paintings of the American Southwest, avant - garde art of the final years of the Soviet Union, the prints, paintings, and ceramics of Pablo Picasso, and much more.

Beginning with the self - portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, «Seeing Ourselves» finally gives this richly diverse range of artists and portraits, spanning centuries, the critical analysis they deserve.

Next, he went over the drawing with size (weak glue used in the Middle Ages to stiffen the pages of illuminated manuscripts) and painted the final layer with tiny brushes dipped in gold leaf.

It's a place for people of catholic tastes: one can wander the isles and enjoy everything from modern British paintings (Offer Waterman & Co) and contemporary photography (Atlas Gallery) to Aztec masks (Galerie Mermoz), Kangxi period blue - and - white porcelain (Amir Mohtashemi) and 15th - century illuminated manuscripts (Les Enluminures).

In medieval Europe, it was employed in illuminated manuscripts to symbolize the exalted station of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, with blue ink used both to color their garments and to underline passages about them.

Gold, silver, and jewels decorated the covers of medieval illuminated manuscripts, communicating the preciousness of the text.

Next, he applied size (weak glue used in the middle ages to stiffen the pages of illuminated manuscripts) and painted the final layer with tiny brushes dipped in gold leaf.

Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books returns to Frieze Masters (6 - 9 October 2016) with an impressive collection of museum - quality Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, miniatures and early printed books.

Armenian illuminated manuscripts, [exhibition, the Pierpont Morgan library, New York, 4 May - 7 August 1994, the Walters art gallery, Baltimore, 28 August - 23 October 1994]

The Christmas festival illustrated through illuminated manuscripts and drawings in the Pierpont Morgan library

These magnificent illuminated manuscripts from the Getty Museum's collection need to be admired up close to be fully appreciated.

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Founded in Dublin in 1950, the Chester Beatty Library is a museum and library housing the fine collection of rare illuminated manuscripts, drawings, miniature paintings, prints and decorative arts from the great cultures of the world, assembled by Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875 - 1968).

Its permanent collection features ancient antiquities, Asian art, pottery and glass, furniture, clocks, armour, coins and medals, illuminated manuscripts and rare books.

The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center includes pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; 19th - and 20th - century American, European, and Asian photographs; contemporary and modern sculpture; and Robert Irwin's Central Garden, designed specifically for the Getty Center.

Celebrated masterpieces include its illuminated manuscripts like Book of Kells (c. 800), the Book of Durrow (c. 670) and the Book of Dimma (c. 625).

This exhibition examines what Leslie Roberts calls her «illuminated manuscripts of the everyday.»

Ranging from cosmology, to theories and systems of medicine detailing the makeup and workings of the human body or to illuminated manuscripts, all provide potential stimuli for investigation.

Its collection of medieval works, including illuminated manuscripts, is especially notable.

Permanent collection includes a wide range of artifacts, Judaica, Jewish ritual and ethno - graphical objects, as well as haggadah illuminated manuscripts, painting, collage, ceramics and Jewish craftwork.

Focusing on French art patronage around the year 1500, the exhibition brings together an impressive array of paintings, tapestries, and illuminated manuscripts.

Through shifts in scale and substitutions of materials sculptor Noah Loesberg recontextualizes items from historical sources like early 20th century builder's guides, Persian illuminated manuscripts, images downloaded from the Internet and our contemporary built environment.

Taken from Persian illuminated manuscripts, Loesberg deleted the calligraphy leaving only the architecture of the borders.

And, like so many of the materials in The Huntington's collections — from Gainsborough's Blue Boy, which originally inspired Rauschenberg, to botanical specimens and complex illuminated manuscripts — it prompts you to look closely and make your own discoveries and comparisons.»