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Pen and parchment drawing in the Middle Ages

Discusses the techniques, uses, and aesthetics of medieval drawings; and reproduces work from more than fifty manuscripts produced between the ninth and early fourteenth century.

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  • "Discusses the techniques, uses, and aesthetics of medieval drawings; and reproduces work from more than fifty manuscripts produced between the ninth and early fourteenth century."
  • "Discusses the techniques, uses, and aesthetics of medieval drawings; and reproduces work from more than fifty manuscripts produced between the ninth and early fourteenth century."@en
  • "What is distinctive about medieval drawings? How do they differ from Renaissance drawings, which have shaped our definition and perception of the form? Why were drawings so often chosen to illustrate manuscripts and how did they evolve throughout the period? Who were the artists responsible for them? These and other questions are addressed in this volume, which accompanies a major exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York that is the first to consider the accomplishments of the medieval draftsman in depth. Drawings appear with surprising frequency in the Middle Ages, and were considered fitting for the embellishment of important and lavish books as well as for humbler tomes. The drawings were accomplished with a broad array of inventive techniques, as artists explored the possibilities of line, often playing it off painted and gilded elements. Drawings maintained a symbiotic relationship with writing, were valued for their clarity, and sometimes for their seeming attestation of direct observation. Medieval drawings exist in a wide variety of forms, occurring in bound manuscripts as well as in independent sheets, examples of which are included in this volume: drawings a l'antique, evoking classical style; illustrations of classical texts; bestiaries with pictures of real and imaginary, familiar and exotic animals; maps that highlight man-made and natural wonders; cosmological diagrams with representations of the zodiac; charts of many kinds; legal documents; model books with sketches; exegetical treatises in graphic form; and scientific illustration. It is through scrutiny of these drawings in all their rich variety that we gain insight into the creative and intellectual concerns of medieval artists, patrons, and readers."@en

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  • "Exhibition catalogs"
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  • "New York (NY, 2009)"
  • "Tentoonstellingscatalogus"
  • "Tentoonstellingscatalogi (vorm)"

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  • "Pen and parchment : drawing in the Middle Ages : [catalogue publ. in conjunction with the exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from June 2 - August 23, 2009]"
  • "Pen and parchment : drawing in the Middle Ages : [Exhibition Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, frome June 2 to August 23, 2009]"
  • "Pen and parchment drawing in the Middle Ages ; [this catalogue is published in conjunction with the Exhibition "Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages", held at The Metropolitan Museum of art, New York, from June 2 to August 23, 2009]"
  • "Pen and parchment : drawing in the Middle Ages"
  • "Pen and parchment drawing in the Middle Ages"@en
  • "Pen and parchment : drawing in the middle ages"
  • "Pen and parchment : drawing in the Middle Ages; [this catalogue is published in conjunction with the Exhibition "Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages", held at The Metropolitan Museum of art, New York, from June 2 to August 23, 2009]"

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