Medieval History
My education at Brigham Young University's Art History undergraduate and graduate department was excellent. Their academic focus is to teach students a general knowledge of all areas of Art History. This has both good and bad effects; I feel as competent to teach The Futurists as I do the Armarna Period. However, this gave me little time to focus solely on medieval topics. I wrote my thesis on La Dame a la Licorne, and spent a good deal of my time researching medieval literature and art. But I am afraid I'll never be the medievalist I want to be, and this fact proves itself to me time and time again. Like with these beautiful images from the LTPSC Book of Hours:
I don't know who this woman is, or this story. Pretty sure its not in the New Testament, its likely a saint? But of all the images in this Book of Hours, this was by far the most intriguing. "The gaze" is all kinds of interesting in the composition - who is looking at who, and why? If any of you more informed readers know more about this image, I am not too proud to say I'd love some insights!
And its details like this that send shivers up my spine, and make me want to shout at all the people who still refer to 'The Dark Ages.'
- Ages Of Man
The Ages of Man. 13th c. illuminationThere were many, many things to get done today, and I had another unexpected window of time on my own. But it was more than just a couple of hours: it stretched out luxuriously for 5 or 6 hours. And so existentialism...
- Not A Saint - But A Sinner!
Two bright and acute thinkers put forth that the woman in the last post is not a saint - but one of the Bible's most infamous sinners: Bathsheba. But our Bathsheba would be a most demure temptress, fully clothed as she is. She must have had...
- Ltpsc: Presentation Of Jesus At The Temple, Flight Into Egypt, And A Detail
I hope you've had happy holidays. It was a mixed bag at our house, but I'm glad to say with all the brouhaha over, I can finally devote some time to this blog again....More images from the LTPSC Book of Hours.. Presentation of Jesus at the TempleFlight...
- Ltpsc Book Of Hours: Sonnet Update!
I wrote to one of my professors at BYU, Dr. Jesse Hurlbut to seek some answers about the Book of Hours. He is part of the French Studies Department, and some of his scholarly interests involve pageantry and theater in the Middle Ages and Renaissance,...
- For Your Eyes Only: Lionheart By Sharon Kay Penman
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman What rating does one give a book that was not only not read to the end, but was only read to 60 pages? Only on special occasions do I actually give a rating to a book if I have not made it to around 100 pages - or in the...
Medieval History
LTPSC Book of Hours: Mystery Saint(?), and The Gaze in Medieval Art
My education at Brigham Young University's Art History undergraduate and graduate department was excellent. Their academic focus is to teach students a general knowledge of all areas of Art History. This has both good and bad effects; I feel as competent to teach The Futurists as I do the Armarna Period. However, this gave me little time to focus solely on medieval topics. I wrote my thesis on La Dame a la Licorne, and spent a good deal of my time researching medieval literature and art. But I am afraid I'll never be the medievalist I want to be, and this fact proves itself to me time and time again. Like with these beautiful images from the LTPSC Book of Hours:
- Ages Of Man
The Ages of Man. 13th c. illuminationThere were many, many things to get done today, and I had another unexpected window of time on my own. But it was more than just a couple of hours: it stretched out luxuriously for 5 or 6 hours. And so existentialism...
- Not A Saint - But A Sinner!
Two bright and acute thinkers put forth that the woman in the last post is not a saint - but one of the Bible's most infamous sinners: Bathsheba. But our Bathsheba would be a most demure temptress, fully clothed as she is. She must have had...
- Ltpsc: Presentation Of Jesus At The Temple, Flight Into Egypt, And A Detail
I hope you've had happy holidays. It was a mixed bag at our house, but I'm glad to say with all the brouhaha over, I can finally devote some time to this blog again....More images from the LTPSC Book of Hours.. Presentation of Jesus at the TempleFlight...
- Ltpsc Book Of Hours: Sonnet Update!
I wrote to one of my professors at BYU, Dr. Jesse Hurlbut to seek some answers about the Book of Hours. He is part of the French Studies Department, and some of his scholarly interests involve pageantry and theater in the Middle Ages and Renaissance,...
- For Your Eyes Only: Lionheart By Sharon Kay Penman
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman What rating does one give a book that was not only not read to the end, but was only read to 60 pages? Only on special occasions do I actually give a rating to a book if I have not made it to around 100 pages - or in the...