As you may have noticed, I have taken a lengthy hiatus from posting. Since August I have been working at a local art museum and have been very busy, without the time to update this site. I intend to return to the classroom next fall, but in the meantime, I will resume posting to this website on a weekly basis, starting this weekend. I apologize for my prolonged and unexplained absence.
Although one may find plenty of medieval blogs, she finds few art history blogs, nevermind medieval art history blogs. About one year ago, two of the three art history blogs that I have found, Art History News and Modern Kicks, shared this very observation, and as far as I can discern, little has changed in the intervening months.
I would like to, however, draw your attention to a infrequently updated, but high quality blog by the (Byzantinist) Director of the Walters Art Museum, Gary Vikan – the Director’s Blog. From time to time, he posts on medieval-related topics. In March 2007, he posted on the Shroud of Turin, and in April 2008 on neuroscience and the Mount Sinai Icon of Christ of the sixth century.
I have also found Art History Today. I would appreciate to learn of any others…
Only by library subscription may one conduct full-text searches on Cetedoc’s Library of Latin Texts, but I have just found that one may, without any special access privileges, search MGH volumes.
I will add it to the On-line Texts on the right.
If you look over to the right, you will find a new image resource: Sacred Destinations Photo Galleries.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/photo-galleries.htm
I often conjured this site when I conducted internet searches, but then as soon as I would click I would notice ads and return to the search page. Today, looking for other angles of the Egbert’s Altar of Saint Andrew, I discovered the richness of this site. The photo galleries offer surprisingly clear medium-sized images from sacred sites from all over the world. I will certainly mention this resource again as I discuss individual sites, but I could not wait to share this resource.
Early Medieval Art attracts seekers of the obscure. We like solitude in our churches and in our corners of museums. We appreciate that others seldom check our books out of the library. But early medieval art deserves more than just a few devotees. I define as the mission of this blog to render more accessible materials for the study of early medieval art. At least once each day I will post an on-line or library resource for the teaching and researching of early medieval art. Welcome!
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