question archive 1/ What surprised you most about the art form of manuscript illumination? 2/ How are the modern examples different from the historical examples? How are they similar? (To answer these 2 questions also include Saint John's Bible as an example, which is a phenomenal illuminated manuscript completed in 2014 in Minnesota
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1/ What surprised you most about the art form of manuscript illumination?
2/ How are the modern examples different from the historical examples? How are they similar? (To answer these 2 questions also include Saint John's Bible as an example, which is a phenomenal illuminated manuscript completed in 2014 in Minnesota. This is the first illuminated manuscript of the Bible to be hand-created in a monastery in more than 500 years)
3/ Do you think the art of penmanship -- handwriting and hand illustration -- is irrelevant to 21st century culture? Explain ( To answer this question also include master penman Jake Weidmann as an example to support your answer)