http://artbabble.org/channel/Medieval/feed en http://artbabble.org/video/getty-museum/making-manuscripts <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/making-art">Making Art</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/j-paul-getty-museum">The J. Paul Getty Museum</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>An illuminated manuscript is a book written and decorated completely by hand. Illuminated manuscripts were among the most precious objects produced in the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, primarily in monasteries and courts. Society's rulers--emperors, kings, dukes, cardinals, and bishops--commissioned the most splendid manuscripts.</p> http://artbabble.org/video/getty-museum/making-manuscripts#comments J. Paul Getty Museum Making Art Manuscripts Medieval Medieval Manuscript middle ages Middle Ages Book Materials and Process Objects Time The J. Paul Getty Museum http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/31/3196da6a15961052/poster-image-02.jpg 3196da6a15961052 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:21:51 +0000 gemmel 6600 at http://artbabble.org http://artbabble.org/video/getty-museum/structure-medieval-manuscript <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/making-art">Making Art</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/j-paul-getty-museum">The J. Paul Getty Museum</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>For more than a thousand years all manuscripts were written and illustrated by hand. By the Middle Ages, books were being made by folding sheets of parchment, arranging them into gatherings, and assembling and binding them together. This animation illustrates how medieval books were constructed&#8212;a feat of engineering that remains essentially the same today.</p> http://artbabble.org/video/getty-museum/structure-medieval-manuscript#comments J. Paul Getty Museum Making Art Manuscripts Medieval Medieval Manuscript middle ages Middle Ages Book Materials and Process Objects Time The J. Paul Getty Museum http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/59/595a993df1a12df9/poster-image-01.jpg 595a993df1a12df9 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:59:52 +0000 gemmel 4933 at http://artbabble.org http://artbabble.org/video/smarthistory/berlinghieri-altarpiece-st-francis-c-1235-church-san-francesco-pescia <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/smarthistory">Smarthistory</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>A very early panel depicting Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) prior to his canonization. It was painted in Italy but in the Byzantine style at the very end of the Medieval period just prior to the development of Renaissance Humanism.</p> <p>Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker</p> http://artbabble.org/video/smarthistory/berlinghieri-altarpiece-st-francis-c-1235-church-san-francesco-pescia#comments Bonaventura Berlinghieri Byzantine gold icon Italo-Byzantine Medieval middle ages Painting panel Saint Saint Francis stigmata tempera People Spirituality Stories Smarthistory http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/14/147e912d0ad1fb2f/poster-image-01.jpg 147e912d0ad1fb2f Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:06:12 +0000 [email protected] 4843 at http://artbabble.org