Page from the Book of Kells an illuminated manuscript of the Gospel created in Ireland probably around 800 AD.
Posted on 04/08/2005 7:50:39 AM PDT by Liz
Diego Giacometti came much later--post-Modernist I believe.
Might be phonetic misspelling since it is pronounced in Italian not at all like "Michael"--- but as "mickel"
Add me to the Art Ping please....(Art History major, Art Studio minor...)
Thanks for the great link.
We've had the pleasure of a lot of beautiful music this week, too.
We sure don't have much of that either (even at mass).
I would look forward to threads on Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Louise Nevelson and Jackson Pollock.....for starters.
The millenial lack of great art, literature, music....more fallout from secularism.
The artists that created longago church art were surely informed by the prevalent religious culture of the time.
When I was stationed in Korea our Chaplain asked me to give a guest lecture regarding the signs and symbols of Christian art. As the class was for GI's I started by presenting them with the Hangul word for "Stop", in plain black letters on a white background. None of them knew what it was, and I established that, w/ regards to Hangul, they were essentially illiterate. As soon as the word was placed in white letters on a red octagon, they knew what it meant...not only did they know what it stood for, but I advised that that simple image was powerful enough that, given a car, it would evoke an internalized physical response...Just imagine the power of images over an entire population that is generally illiterate!!
Illuminated manuscripts make up a considerable part of the history of art and in their scenes of sacred history inspired painters, sculptors, goldsmiths, ivory workers, etc.....illumination is one of the most charming art forms ever conceived.
Most famous example is the Book of Kells an illuminated manuscript of the Gospel created in Ireland probably around 800 AD.
Thanks for your contributions, Joe. We lucked out when you found this thread.
Page from the Book of Kells an illuminated manuscript of the Gospel created in Ireland probably around 800 AD.
Did you know Fra Angelico started out as an illuminator? My senior thesis included a comparative analysis of an Annunciation theme he once did in a psalter and of course his Annunciation fresco in the Museo di San Marco.
Early Renaissance---Fra Angelico's The Annunciation---holds the charm of pure faith......I believe he began by painting frescoes on monastery walls.
Nope...he started out in the scriptorium...;-)
Any examples of his scriptorium work?
I don't have time to dig for it right now, but I'll see what I can find (either online or at least publisher info) and let ya' know!
OK, the fledgling Art Ping List has the following names:
Sam Cree
Liz
Joe 6-pack
woofie
vannrox
I am thinking of freepmailing the entire thread to see if they'd like to be on, probably will do that. If you guys think you know others who'd like to be on, let me know.
I believe the FReeper named "Giotto" would probably be interested....;-)
I won the Calligraphy Award when I was in high school, I think it was 1962. The actual award was an old page of religious text written by a monk in the 13th century. I should probably go get it from the old home and put it in my studio or something, it's surely the oldest thing I own.
Even so, I don't actually consider myself a calligrapher, but did make my living in the sign business for many years. Lettering is an art form of its own. My favorite type faces are those based on the Roman ones, some of the oldest we have, and also the most beautiful. Next, I like the Celtic types.
Joe, that was a really nice example of the power of the symbol, thanks.
Those would be good threads IMO also. A couple of them would be contorversial as well, which is what FR thrives on.
Ha! ya think?
OK, Giotto is on the art ping list.
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