Images in the Margins (Medieval Imagination)
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (680 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0892369825 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said While I found the text extremely interesting, I had. While I found the text extremely interesting, I had hope to learn more about technique. This simply points to images one might encounter with very brief discussion. and while the illustrations are entirely in color, one needs a magnifying glass to see what the author is discussing.. Gorgeous little Book Beautiful little book! Gorgeous illustrations that show all the fun and sense of humor medieval artists had!! Love it!!. Fun and curious steph This is a fun little book about oddities in the margins of illuminated manuscripts. Very interesting actually! Great for curious minds who love the Medieval area.
“One of a series of well-produced books that showcases the riches of the Getty’s collections.”—Reference and Research Book News
Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.An astonishing mix of mundane, playful, absurd, and monstrous beings are found in the borders of English, French, and Italian manuscripts from the Gothic era. Images in the Margins is the third in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Through enlarged, full-color details and a lively narrative, this volume brings these intimately scaled, fascinating images to a wider audience.. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Unpredictable, topical, often irreverent, like the New Yorker cartoons of today, marginalia—images drawn in the margins of manuscripts&m