Thursday, August 25, 2011

The Getty: Illuminate Manuscripts

Have You Seen an Illuminated Manuscript Lately?

By on August 23, 2011 under Collections, Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum, Manuscripts

The Getty Center is one of few places in the United States where you can see medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts year-round. With three or four exhibitions per year drawn almost exclusively from the permanent collection, in addition to major international loan exhibitions like Imagining the Past in France, 1250–1500 and Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, we in the Manuscripts Department are constantly busy envisioning new ways to present this art form to as many

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