Scholars named the Master of the Ingeborg Psalter for a manuscript of the psalms he illuminated, together with another painter, for Queen Ingeborg of France. In the years around 1200, he was active in ...

Assyrian kings in the ninth to seventh centuries BC decorated their palaces with masterful relief sculptures that represent a high point of Mesopotamian art, both for their artistic quality and ...

Inspired by a renewed interest in classical sculpture and closer study of nature, Renaissance artists made the nude body ever more vibrant, lifelike, and central to their practice. Yet pious European ...

Paolo Veneziano led the premier painter’s workshop in late medieval Venice, producing work ranging from large complex altarpieces to small paintings intended for personal devotion. This focused ...

This exhibition presents highlights from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's extensive collection of Nubian objects and features superbly crafted jewelry, metalwork, and sculpture exhibiting the wealth ...

Blue paper has fascinated European artists since its earliest use, from Renaissance Italy to Enlightenment France. Crafted from blue rags formed into sheets, it was a humble material that required ...

Exhibition presenting miniatures from the Belles Heures of the Duke of Berry, a masterpiece of French manuscript illumination.

An exhibition for kids and families! This exhibition focuses on the working method of artists in the Middle Ages (about A.D. 500–1500), when books were written and copied by hand. Visitors can explore ...

The Getty exhibition Images of Violence features illuminated manuscripts exploring violence in religion, wartime, and in everyday life.

Books and Publications Getty Publications Virtual Library Digital Publishing Getty Research Journal Getty Store Education Events and Programs K-12 Resources School Visits Art and Research Getty ...

Around 900 years ago, a Maya scribe made Códice Maya de México, a sacred book that tracked and predicted the movements of the planet Venus. Today it is the oldest book of the Americas, one of only ...

Telling the difference between drawings by Rembrandt and his pupils is a centuries-old problem. A popular teacher with more than 50 documented students, Rembrandt taught all of them to draw in his ...