Comments on: Matthew Paris, Master Draftsman http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/22/matthew-paris-master-draftsman/ Fri, 24 May 2013 15:56:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Austin Chinn http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/22/matthew-paris-master-draftsman/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Austin Chinn Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:54:55 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/?p=693#comment-34 I have just another spent a quiet hour in the Pen & Parchment exhibit at the MMA. The general visitor to the MMA should not be put off by what he mght think of as an esoteric exhibit, an exhibit for the specialist.. For the visitor with an interest in Medieval art it is a revelation. The works in the exhibit are not detached sheets; they are complete manuscripts and are as rare as they are beautiful; they represent the art of the illustrated book at its best. For the lover of drawing (that is me) it is also a revelation. It so expands the very idea of drawing in the west that it is transformative. The art of the drawn image has a lineage that far predates the Renaissance and in fact descends from Classical drawing of which we have next to no examples. It is as if a super nova of drawing has exploded at the Met. It will seed any discussion of drawing in the future. Pen & Parchment represents the highest scholarship and the MMA at its very best. Even if one is not a Medievalist or an aficiendado of drawing, this exhibit is made to be seen and enjoyed by any visitor to the museum. All if requires is guiet looking. Congratulations to all involved and especially to Melanie Holcomb who curated Pen & Parchment. P.S. Don't miss the elevation drawing of Strasbourg Cathedral. I covet it. I have just another spent a quiet hour in the Pen & Parchment exhibit at the MMA. The general visitor to the MMA should not be put off by what he mght think of as an esoteric exhibit, an exhibit for the specialist.. For the visitor with an interest in Medieval art it is a revelation. The works in the exhibit are not detached sheets; they are complete manuscripts and are as rare as they are beautiful; they represent the art of the illustrated book at its best. For the lover of drawing (that is me) it is also a revelation. It so expands the very idea of drawing in the west that it is transformative. The art of the drawn image has a lineage that far predates the Renaissance and in fact descends from Classical drawing of which we have next to no examples. It is as if a super nova of drawing has exploded at the Met. It will seed any discussion of drawing in the future. Pen & Parchment represents the highest scholarship and the MMA at its very best. Even if one is not a Medievalist or an aficiendado of drawing, this exhibit is made to be seen and enjoyed by any visitor to the museum. All if requires is guiet looking. Congratulations to all involved and especially to Melanie Holcomb who curated Pen & Parchment. P.S. Don’t miss the elevation drawing of Strasbourg Cathedral. I covet it.

]]> By: Melanie Holcomb http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/22/matthew-paris-master-draftsman/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Melanie Holcomb Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:57:25 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/?p=693#comment-32 Dear Ms. Tougas, Thank you for nice comments. For various reasons, we cannot include every work in the exhibition on the website, but if you want to see images of the Opicinus drawings, you can click on the slideshow attached to the New York Times review. Here's the link to the review: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/arts/design/19drawing.html?pagewanted= For those interested in the Economist review that Ms. Tougas mentions, here's the link: http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13813420 Dear Ms. Tougas,

Thank you for nice comments. For various reasons, we cannot include every work in the exhibition on the website, but if you want to see images of the Opicinus drawings, you can click on the slideshow attached to the New York Times review. Here’s the link to the review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/arts/design/19drawing.html?pagewanted=

For those interested in the Economist review that Ms. Tougas mentions, here’s the link:

http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13813420

]]> By: Cecile Tougas http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/06/22/matthew-paris-master-draftsman/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Cecile Tougas Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:48:30 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/?p=693#comment-23 Dear Ms. Holcomb, Thank you very much for your wonderful exhibit and the detailed information about each piece. Matthew Paris is especially interesting. "The Economist" of June 13, 2009, has an immensely attracting review of the exhibit. At the end of the article, mention is made of Opicinus de Canistris and his "large drawing of a body, with a vertical array of smaller men inside it. The catalog calls it an attempt at self-understanding . . . ." I could not find this drawing on line among the Exhibition Images. Is there some way I could glimpse it? I am in Durham, NC, and not able to go to New York City. C. Tougas Dear Ms. Holcomb,
Thank you very much for your wonderful exhibit and the detailed information about each piece. Matthew Paris is especially interesting. “The Economist” of June 13, 2009, has an immensely attracting review of the exhibit. At the end of the article, mention is made of Opicinus de Canistris and his “large drawing of a body, with a vertical array of smaller men inside it. The catalog calls it an attempt at self-understanding . . . .” I could not find this drawing on line among the Exhibition Images. Is there some way I could glimpse it? I am in Durham, NC, and not able to go to New York City.
C. Tougas

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