{"id":327,"date":"2017-02-15T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T03:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=327"},"modified":"2017-02-15T22:08:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T03:08:20","slug":"put-some-respeck-on-illuminators-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/put-some-respeck-on-illuminators-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Put Some Respek on Illuminators’ Names!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we had our first scriptorium workshop. I left class with a new found appreciation for illuminations and their illuminators.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>First, I\u00a0saw how the paints were mixed. It is a meticulous process that takes time and patience to start from powder and water to eventually obtaining paint of the consistency that the artist wants. The paint also dries very quickly so the illuminators\u00a0must have had to either work really quickly, or continuously keep mixing small amounts of paint.<\/span><\/p>\n


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\n<\/a>I then moved on to creating a\u00a0historiated letter. After one\u00a0hour, I had only finished putting down some simple line work. I hadn’t added any details yet. When I look at the details in the illuminations in the Book of Kells<\/em>, Book of Hours<\/em>, or Tr\u00e8s Riches Heures<\/em>, I am stunned by the amount of time it must have taken to complete them.<\/span><\/p>\n

After class I started thinking about how\u00a0I have only done drawings that I have got to keep. I cannot imagine having to\u00a0produce an\u00a0illumination\u00a0for someone who commissioned it. Furthermore, the illumination would have to incorporate all of the specifications that the patron wants in it. The fact that many of the patrons back then were rich and powerful would add extra pressure to produce a high-quality piece.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also thought about how I was only able to draw what I did in class because I used reference images from the internet. The illuminators back then did not have smartphones on which they could casually quickly look up a vine, or a person, or a landscape. They had to work from memory from the things that they had seen with their eyes during their travels, or invent their own original designs.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was also easy to draw because the room was well lit with consistent lighting. Back then, illuminators worked with the sunlight and possibly candles when it got dark outside. This must have made it difficult because paints look different in different lighting, so when the sun came up, they may have realised that what they spent the whole night working on did not turn out how they wanted it to, which must have been very frustrating.<\/span><\/p>\n

After today’s lesson, all the illuminations that I have looked at look more beautiful that they did when I saw them before the class. Being able to get a hands on experience like today really made me appreciate the time and effort that illuminators put into their work.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we had our first scriptorium workshop. I left class with a new found appreciation for illuminations and their illuminators. First, I\u00a0saw how the paints were mixed. It is a meticulous process that takes time and patience to start from powder and water to eventually obtaining paint of the consistency that the artist wants. The … <\/p>\n

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