| Title: | Faces of power and piety : medieval portraiture |
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| Description: | Part of the J. Paul Getty Museum website, this online resource was produced to complement their exhibition, which ran from 12 August to 26 October 2008, entitled 'Faces of Power and Piety: Medieval Portraiture', and which featured portraits from illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages (circa 500-1500). Medieval portraiture does not present us with a precise likeness of the subject, but instead depicts clothing, heraldry or other objects relating to them. As the website states "the goal of medieval portraiture was to present a subject not at a particular moment in time, but as the person wished to be remembered through the ages". This online selection from the exhibition features portraits of Saints Blaise, Veronica, Hedwig, Luke, and Bellinus, as well as authors and patrons. Each image may be enlarged, and audio samples provide additional information for three of the paintings. An illustrated checklist of 22 paintings from the exhibition can be found in a PDF file via a hyperlink. |
| Keywords - controlled: | Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities; J. Paul Getty Museum; portraits; Medieval; illuminated manuscripts; |
| Keywords - uncontrolled: | portraiture |
| Type: | Exhibitions and Galleries; Images; Sound |
| URL: | http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/power_piety/ |
| Classification: |
Creative and performing arts > Visual arts > Art history > Iconography > Human figures Creative and performing arts > Visual arts > Art history > Periods, styles and movements > 6th-12th centuries > Medieval Creative and performing arts > Visual arts > Book arts > Fine art book production > Illumination Creative and performing arts > Cross-disciplinary studies > Collections and exhibitions > Exhibitions Humanities > Manuscript studies > Illuminated manuscripts |
| Resource creator: | J. Paul Getty Museum (Author) |
| Country of origin: | United States |
| Period: | 500 - 1000 CE; 1000 - 1200 CE; 13th Century; 14th Century; 15th Century; 16th Century |
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