Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Dürer and Titian is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through April 26.

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Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy, featuring “large-scale models, computer animations, original drawings and paintings will present the full range of this exceptional architect’s output and his legacy,” will be at the Main Galleries of the Royal Academy through April 13.

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The collection of links I’d developed as a supplement to my earlier post on the Macclesfield Alphabet Book has turned into its own linkspage on modelbooks & sketchbooks.

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The Da Vinci Experience will be at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, California, through January 3, 2010.

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One last stop for the “Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the V&A” exhibit at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield, England, through May 24.

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Before black vinyl folders, and way before the website, the Mediaeval ancestors of today’s graphic designers produced ‘model’ or ‘pattern’ books to show their work to potential clients. Only a handful survive but the British Library has recently discovered a prime example – the so-called Macclesfield Alphabet Book.
… Produced c1500, the book is filled with […]

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“The Inspired Line: Selected Prints of Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt van Rijn from the Thrivent Financial Collection of Religious Art” will be at the Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas through March 16.

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Just added a new linkspage for ruffs and falling collars; the page is still in development, and I haven’t really decided whether I want to include examples from portraiture, or just focus on extant examples & contemporary descriptions.

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A feature of past recessions has been a retreat from the contemporary to traditional markets, where good purchases hold value, and there are indications of this now.
This trend, if it develops, might counteract the resistance that many British collectors seem to show to medieval works of art, especially from Northern Europe.

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From Venice to Brussels: Early European Paintings from the Allentown Art Museum will be at The Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee, through March 29.

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