Art Meets Language Arts in Beautiful Ways in the Pages of Medieval Books
February 10th, 2011
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On Saturday, January 29, elementary teachers explored every aspect of medieval books—from binding, writing, and painting manuscripts to learning about the historical period during which the books were made.
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- Artist Sylvana Barrett demonstrates how to burnish gold leaf with a polished canine tooth set in a wooden handle.
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- Participants prove that learning about illuminated manuscripts can be both informative and entertaining.
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- Sylvana holds up one of many natural resources that are used in the making of illuminated manuscripts.
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- Teachers congregate in front of the exhibition Imagining the Past after a lively and compelling tour by Assistant Curator Bryan Keene.
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- Teachers listen enthusiastically to artist and Getty staff member Sandy Rodriguez during a hands-on activity to bind a manuscript, make paint, and illuminate a manuscript page.
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- Sandy demonstrates how to make paint for the K-5 classroom: 1) crush pigment such as Kool-Aid; 2) add a binder such as gum arabic; and 3) mix, and you have paint!
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- Teachers mix paint in mussel shells, just as illuminators did in the medieval ages.
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