Please review the following Procedures for Manuscripts Access and Handling Guide before submitting an application. Researchers should apply far in advance of a possible appointment to allow time for curators to review your application.Īll interested parties may apply for an appointment in the Manuscripts Study Room to access microfilms and research files about the collection. Applications require a letter of recommendation from a professor or professional contact in the field. We consider applications to study manuscripts in the collection only from qualified researchers with a demonstrated need for primary source materials. This exhibition presents a remarkable example from each faith tradition.Īll illuminations represented in the Getty’s Manuscripts collection (over 7,000 images) are available online for free download through the Getty’s Open Content Program.Īdmission to the Manuscripts Department Study Room is by application and appointment only.Īccess to the original manuscripts is limited due to their rarity and the special handling requirements for this fragile material. Now, the Getty Museum reminds us of the incredible process that went into creating these medieval illuminated manuscripts. The sacred scriptures of Jews, Christians, and Muslims are among the most beautifully illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. Long before the industrial printing press, hand-crafted manuscripts were painstakingly precise pieces of art that catered to an elite society where only a precious few could read. The Art of Three Faiths: Torah, Bible, Qur'an The bestiary was one of the most important sources on animals from the Middle Ages, serving as a kind of medieval encyclopedia that placed each creature within a Christian framework and conception of creation. This luxury manuscript featured decoration by prominent early Renaissance artists. In the 1340s, families in Florence, Italy sang with musical accompaniment from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese. The works of art in this exhibition reveal the intersections between power, justice, and tyranny and illustrate the constant struggle between noble aspirations and base human instincts. In the medieval period, as throughout our world today, the use and abuse of power was a subject of intense discussion, inspiring works of art that expose the divide between political ideals and realities. Power, Justice, and Tyranny in the Middle Ages But it would be nearly one thousand years before artists began representing Balthazar as a Black African. The online exhibit provides a close look at 15th-century images of the African king against the backdrop of Afro-European contact, which included trade and diplomacy as well as the painful legacies of enslavement. The pages of the manuscripts will be turned to reveal further treasures on April 12, 2016.Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance ArtĮarly medieval legends tell us that the youngest of the three kings who paid homage to the newborn Christ Child in Bethlehem was from Africa. This exhibition is presented in two parts. The exhibition is drawn primarily from the Museum’s collection, augmented with several generous and important loans from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Norton Simon Museum, the Huntington Library, and the Charles E. These highly prized objects allow us to glimpse, admire, and study a world gone by, as well as its peoples, different belief systems, and an interconnected global history of human thought and ideas about art. This exhibition features illuminated manuscripts and painted book arts from the 9th through the 17th century that bring to life in stunning ways the real and imagined places that one encounters on their pages. In the premodern era, land and sea routes connected the remarkably mobile peoples of Europe, Africa, and Asia, many of whom were far more aware of the world beyond their doorsteps than one might realize.
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