Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Chapter 4

SUMMARY
Illuminated Manuscript is a term used for handwritten books with the look of being illuminated through the application of gold leaf and its reflection of light. The gold leaf gave a dazzling effect but the production was expensive and time-consuming. It was applied in different ways but the preferred method was hammering gold into a fine sheet and then adhering it to another material. The illustration and decoration of the manuscripts were not just decorations. They pictures also contained very fantastical and spiritual clues. The manuscripts were small enough to fit into a saddle bag. This allowed them to be transferred simply from one area to another and then gradually through time. These books had the ability to further vocabulary through graphics, pages, illustrations, and typography. The was an important forerunner in graphic design.

MOST INTERESTING
What I think is the most interesting was what happened in the early Christian era. They had specific rooms made for making manuscripts. The head of this production was a early version of an art director. 

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