Food for thought...
I read this line in my Art History book and felt I had to share...we're currently covering the Middle Ages, a period which happens to be one of my favorites AND my professor's specialty, so I am quite pleased. Here's a lovely, insightful quote from a 12th Century priest (Gerald of Wales) and the Chi Rho Iota page of the Book of Kells...let it inform you and inspire you, if you like! :-D
Fine craftsmanship is all about you, but you might not notice it. Look more keenly at it, and you will penetrate to the very shrine of art. You will make out intricacies, so delicate and subtle, so exact and compact, so full of knots and links, with colors so fresh and vivid, that you might say that all this was the work of an angel, and not of a man.
Fine craftsmanship is all about you, but you might not notice it. Look more keenly at it, and you will penetrate to the very shrine of art. You will make out intricacies, so delicate and subtle, so exact and compact, so full of knots and links, with colors so fresh and vivid, that you might say that all this was the work of an angel, and not of a man.
posted by u2andcomicbooks @ 6:48 PM
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I love the illuminated manuscript. Where can I buy one?
I have one too...isn't it lovely? I got to see it in person at Trinity...umm...like three times...let's just say that I liked it! ;-D
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