Description
Images in the Margins is the third in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.
An astonishing mix of mundane, playful, absurd, and monstrous beings are found in the borders of English, French, and Italian manuscripts from the Gothic era. Unpredictable, topical, often irreverent, like the New Yorker cartoons of today, marginalia--images drawn in the margins of manuscripts--were a source of satire, serious social observation, and amusement for medieval readers. Through enlarged, full-color details and a lively narrative, this volume brings these intimately scaled, fascinating images to a wider audience.
Author: Margot Nishimura
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 10/06/2009
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 7.60w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780892369829
ISBN10: 0892369825
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Techniques | Calligraphy
- Art | History | Medieval
- Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
About the Author
Margot McIlwain Nishimura teaches the history of medieval art at the Rhode Island School of Design.