The Middle Ages in colour

[Ringel05]

Some of them were created more than 1,000 years ago, and yet the palette of colours used by the artists arguably remains as bright and colourful as when they were first painted.

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[westwall]

Yes, the medieval art can be quite stunning. The Bayeaux Tapestry was commisioned in 1083 and is stunning in person. It is like a movie and is around 300 feet long and it adorns the walls of a cathedral in Bayeaux (of course) and even being that old and having survived a fire it is still amazingly bright and clear.

 

[Mr. H.]

They don't make crayons like they used to.

Seriously tho- awesome.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Wow...that painting of Henry VIII presenting him as the "Blessed Man" is the height of his ego-mania.

 

[Ringel05]

Wow...that painting of Henry VIII presenting him as the "Blessed Man" is the height of his ego-mania.

True but he had nothing on a certain later age Emperor...........

 

[strollingbones]

the antichrist to some ring

the blues are so vivid

 

[Douger]

Hmmm.

 

[strollingbones]

i embroidered the symbol on the left....our left....on a dress jacket...when i was young.....took forever

 

[Dabs]

Quite colorful!!!!

 

[whitehall]

They are all staged paintings. We don't know if the subjects were true renditions or embellished by the artist. Hollywood managed to colorize The Wizard of Oz. So what?

 

[syrenn]

Some of them were created more than 1,000 years ago, and yet the palette of colours used by the artists arguably remains as bright and colourful as when they were first painted.

BBC News - The Middle Ages in colour

I love books! Ancient and antique book even more so. Books of those ages were truly only for the very upper classes, monarchy or religious, as they were the only ones who knew how to read. They were rare and costly, so something to be taken care of. One of the reasons books like these are so vibrant is becasue they are books. They have not been exposed to as much light, which does tremendous damage.

 

[syrenn]

the antichrist to some ring

the blues are so vivid

Indigo.... it was one of the very expensive and rare imports of the time.

 

[Ringel05]

They are all staged paintings. We don't know if the subjects were true renditions or embellished by the artist. Hollywood managed to colorize The Wizard of Oz. So what?

What paintings aren't? Besides, what does this have to do with appreciating art especially art from an era we are learning wasn't as dark as we were taught it was?

 

[editec]

Anybody here ever been to the Cloisters in upper Manhattan?

They've got some tapestries there that are pretty amazing.