Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages - Hardcover

Holcomb, Melanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300148941 ISBN 13: 9780300148947

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009

Synopsis

In the Middle Ages, artists explored and tested the medium of drawing, producing whimsical sketches, illustrated treatises, and finished drawings of extraordinary refinement. This fascinating volume is the first to examine and celebrate the achievements of medieval draftsmen in depth. It reproduces rarely seen leaves from more than fifty manuscripts dating from the 9th to the early 14th century. In the accompanying texts, Melanie Holcomb and other experts in the field consider the techniques, uses, and aesthetics of medieval drawings, casting light on their critical role in the intellectual life of the Middle Ages. (20090619)

About this title

About the Author:

Melanie Holcomb is Associate Curator in the Medieval Art Department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Review:

“[The] show comes with an excellent catalog that brings together a pithy introductory essay by Ms. Holcomb and lengthy entries by Ms. Williams and a dozen other curators and scholars.  That number alone suggests both the broad scope of the works on view and the rarity of the occasion...”—The New York Times  (New York Times 2009-06-19)

About this edition

• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0300148941
• ISBN 13: 9780300148947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200