When looking at medieval art, it is important to recognize that the objects in ... the material contained inside a reliquary far outweighed the reliquary itself in importance, while in modern times we ...
Now, an exhibition in Helsinki, Finland, examines how they looked to medieval art for inspiration ... it has this very modern attitude,” von Bonsdorff tells the Times.
The nostalgia cycle rarely rewinds this far, but some things are just timeless, like maximalist detail, slow craftsmanship and weird little guys.
1275-1300, Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, gift of Ella Brummer in memory ... narrating the entire life and interesting times of this codex. Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture XXIX, ...
Meanwhile, red bronze and garnets signify blood and pain, which came to symbolize strength and courage in Medieval ... Joy BC's modern reinterpretation of Antiquity as jewelry art has won her ...
1300-1310, probably by Guillaume Julien (French), Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1932.537. Public domain.