This is going to sound crazy but I recently discovered a FREE online app that allows users to create their own Medieval work of art. Yes, I know how wild that sounds, but it’s true! The Historic Tale Construction Kit provides hours of endless fun. I’m not kidding – the possibilities are infinite! This app […]
Read more "Create Your Own Medieval Tapestry!"I like to consider myself an avid reader. While my preferred genres are Sci-Fi and Fantasy, I also read a lot of books for my art historical research and for The Wandering Art Historian book club. For a whole host of reasons, not all books I read make the final book club cut and yet, […]
Read more "“The Illuminator” by Brenda Rickman Vantrease"Spirals in art have fascinated me for quite a while now and while I’m not exactly sure why, I may have come a bit closer to discovering what draws me to them. Apparently, the Irish have been fascinated by spirals for thousands of years and it keeps showing up in their artwork. I started my […]
Read more "The Book of Kells – Part 3"While taking photos of The Book of Kells is forbidden (photos are not even allowed in the room where the book is displayed), it was an amazing experience, even if there is no photographic evidence, as is required for life in the 21st century. That said, this museum nerd confirms that the exhibition space was […]
Read more "The Book of Kells – Part 2"Another item at the very top of my “Must See in Ireland” list was The Book of Kells. The Book of Kells is a Gospel Book, which means it contains the first four books of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. These four books were written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (followers of […]
Read more "The Book of Kells – Part 1"A recent scientific discovery proves that some Medieval manuscript illuminators were women. Last month, a German woman’s body dated ca. 1100 AD was exhumed and inspected. Blue particles were found in the mouth of the corpse and those particles were determined to be lapis lazuli. Lapis lazuli came from what is now Afghanistan which was […]
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