Images of African Kingship, Real and Imagined
Explore the impact of African rulers on European culture.
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All Posts by Kristen Collins
I’m curator in the Department of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
A New Exhibition Explores Balthazar, a Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance European Art
Curators seek your feedback on an exhibition-in-progress.
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Scholars Respond to an Exhibition about Medieval Prejudice
Three essays on race, anti-semitism, and gender identity in the Middle Ages
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Day Without Art — Healthcare, Even in the Middle Ages
Care for the sick in the Middle Ages and today.
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More Details on Exhibition-in-Progress on Outcasts of the Medieval World
Curators share their work on a forthcoming exhibition on challenging imagery in medieval art.
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Dialogue: Exposing the Rhetoric of Exclusion through Medieval Manuscripts
Share your thoughts on an exhibition in development.
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Art and Experience in Canterbury and L.A.
A medieval prayer book was a personal liturgical space. Small and portable, one needed only to open the book to enter.
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Getty Voices: Living with the St. Albans Psalter
Studying a precious manuscript, page by page, illumination by illumination.
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