The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
212.535.7710
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Book of the Maccabees (detail);
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June 2, 2009 – Aug 23, 2009
Daily
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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See this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition before it closes on Sunday! Learn how with strokes of genius, artists in the Middle Ages explored the medium of drawing, creating works ranging from spontaneous sketches, to powerful evocations of spirituality, to intriguing images of science and the natural world. This exhibition is the first to examine in-depth the achievements of the medieval draftsman. Through some 50 examples created in settings as diverse as 9th-century monastic scriptoria and the 14th-century French court, the presentation considers the aesthetics, uses, and techniques of medieval drawings, mastered by artists working centuries before the dawn of the Renaissance.
Image: Book of the Maccabees (detail); Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden, Cod. Perizoni F 17, f. 21v-22r, Battle Scene; c. 850-925; Leiden University Library (F 17, f. 21v-22r)
