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Besides Mosaics, can you name another type of religious art?. Quickly answer in your sketchbooks. Illuminated Manuscripts. Illuminated Manuscripts = Any writing with drawings and embellishments that add to the text. Usually with gold-leaf . Illuminated book. An illuminated page.
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Besides Mosaics, can you name another type of religious art? Quickly answer in your sketchbooks
Illuminated Manuscripts = Any writing with drawings and embellishments that add to the text. Usually with gold-leaf Illuminated book An illuminated page
A fancy way to say “Decorated Letters” • There was a time when books were handwritten. To illustrate the books importance, the authors would illuminate, or decorate, the letters. • Since this took a lot of time it was often only done for religious books or for people with a lot of money. • Monks used to write the Bible, adding gold embellishments
What is the role of art galleries and museums in the preservation of old art? Quickly answer in your sketchbooks
Pick a style of writing that you like. • Pick the first letter from either your first or last name and draw it on the white paper • Make sure it is centered • Make sure it takes up the whole page • Add patterns and “miniatures” to your letter that represent you and your personality • Trace it all with black marker • Color it with colored pencils using a color scheme that is representative of you • Mat on colored construction paper that fits your scheme • Write your name and grade on the back! What are we going to do?
How are mosaics and Illuminated Manuscripts different from each other? How are they the same? Give 2 examples of each Quickly answer in your sketchbooks
How does your drawing represent you? Quickly answer in your sketchbook