This book, featuring a dozen essays and over a hundred images, illuminates the significance of light in the Middle Ages. From scientific studies on optics to the ways sunlight filled churches, medieval society harnessed light in stunning and inventive ways.
Excerpt:
From antiquity, the understanding and characterization of light has been part of a dynamic scientific discourse on the nature of the cosmos and the mechanics of human perception. While contemporary society separates science and spirituality, in medieval Europe they were comingled: the science of light was harnessed by artists, scholars, and theologians to perceive and understand their world, both the sacred and the secular. Lumen: The Art and Science of Light, 800-1600, like the exhibition it accompanies, explores the inextricably entangled domains of science, art, and religious faith during the long Middle Ages in Europe.
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Who is this book for?
Part of an exhibition at the Getty, this book offers a compelling experience for those unable to attend in person, providing rich insights and visuals that bring the exhibition’s themes to life. The individual essays, which include timekeeping in the Islamic world, Jewish manuscripts, and medieval theories on optics, will find their own audiences from those interested in the history of science or art.
The Editors
Kristen Collins is Curator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Nancy K. Turner is a Conservator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Lumen: The Art and Science of Light, 800 – 1600
Edited by Kristen Collins and Nancy K. Turner
J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN: 9781606069288
This book, featuring a dozen essays and over a hundred images, illuminates the significance of light in the Middle Ages. From scientific studies on optics to the ways sunlight filled churches, medieval society harnessed light in stunning and inventive ways.
Excerpt:
From antiquity, the understanding and characterization of light has been part of a dynamic scientific discourse on the nature of the cosmos and the mechanics of human perception. While contemporary society separates science and spirituality, in medieval Europe they were comingled: the science of light was harnessed by artists, scholars, and theologians to perceive and understand their world, both the sacred and the secular. Lumen: The Art and Science of Light, 800-1600, like the exhibition it accompanies, explores the inextricably entangled domains of science, art, and religious faith during the long Middle Ages in Europe.
Who is this book for?
Part of an exhibition at the Getty, this book offers a compelling experience for those unable to attend in person, providing rich insights and visuals that bring the exhibition’s themes to life. The individual essays, which include timekeeping in the Islamic world, Jewish manuscripts, and medieval theories on optics, will find their own audiences from those interested in the history of science or art.
The Editors
Kristen Collins is Curator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Nancy K. Turner is a Conservator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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