I would like to introduce Mozarabic art in Spain. It is the
Beatus of Facundus, and painted in 1047. In the 8thcentury, a monk
named Beatus illustrated a collection of writings. Especially, for the New Testament
books, his illustration was the most vivid and apocalyptic, and it would be copied
over and over again in diverse version of the manuscript. This selection of
images is known as the Beatus de Facundus(or Beatus de León) (1047), and
painted by Facundus for Ferdinand I and Queen Sancha. According to research, it
is composed of 312 leaves and 98 miniaturs. I wish I could post all Beatus
art works, but it is impossible. So I selected some of his artworks that I was
impressed.
You can tell there are very vivid colors on the Beatus of
Facundus. I always have similar feeling when I look many paintings of South
America and Spain. The choice of colors from beatus of Facundus is good to
arrest my eyes. Red, blue and yellow are used as the main colors. It is
Mozarabic art, but I also feel some registered images which are shown in Ancient
Egypt. I think colors and illustration really help people to be alert of keeping their faith or obeying what the New Testament said to avoid those situations in his illustrations.
Artist :Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha
Title : "fr:"La Femme sur la Bête. Apoc. XVII
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 158 x 210 mm
Current location Madrid, Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°225vBiblioteca
Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha
Title: "fr:"La deuxième Trompette. La montagne embrasée tombe dans la mer. Apoc. VIII
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 190 x 190 mm
Current location : Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°166
Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha
Title: fr:"La sixième Trompette. Les myriades de Cavaliers tuant les Hommes. Apoc. IX"
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 290 x 200 mm
Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°174v
Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha
Title: "fr:"L'Evangéliste Marc
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 280 x 190 mm
Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°9
Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha
Title: "fr:"La Jérusalem nouvelle. Apoc. XXI
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 280 x 250 mm
Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°253v
Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha
Title: "fr:"Jugement de Babylone réduite à un brasier. Apoc. XVIII
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 297 x 240 mm
Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°233v détail
Artist: Français : Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha
Title: "fr:"Le Dragon donne sa puissance à la Bête. Apoc. XIII
Date: 1047
Medium: "fr:"Enluminure sur parchemin
Dimensions: 290 x 220 mm
Current location: Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°191v
Today I would like to share Korean ancient vessels in Gorye
dynasty (12-13 century). At that time Gorye(the ancient name of Korea) had
a special skill for vessels which were called an Inlaid Celadon. Celadon was created by using inlay and copper
glazing techniques in China, but it was full developed and perfected by Korean
artisans. It became a major technique in
the history of Korean ceramics, and it was a turning point that Korean celadon
skill became higher than China. According to research, the level of fine quality
and beauty they were able to achieve in their work surpassed that of other
countries and came to be revered by even the Chinese for it's elegant, yet
simple beauty. Why I choose several celadons of Gorye because we have a lot of great vessels but there are only few pages for Korean ancient artwokrs in textbook. It makes me decide to let people know about more Korean artworks such as great celadons. Each one has beautiful green(with some blue) and detail. I do like what they used for decoration on celadon. Flower, fruit and crane are daily simple things, but they made them creatively and elegantly.
Let's look!
(It was hard to find each name and the number of national treasure. I put each information in each image by photoshop. Hope you enjoy!)
