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Hugh of Saint Victor: socio-economics of copying

To prepare for lectures he gave about 880 years ago, Hugh of Saint Victor painted an extraordinarily intricate, multi-color teaching aid on the wall of the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris. The painting was probably about 4 meters tall and 4.5 meters wide. It was “the most complex single work of figural art from … Continue reading Hugh of Saint Victor: socio-economics of copying

art and letters

The Alexander Mosaic, as well as other later artistic and experimental evidence, shows that the visual conventions of writing affect art. The Alexander Mosaic was found in a house buried in Pompeii in 79 GC when Mount Vesuvius erupted. The mosaic is probably a copy of a painting that Philoxenos of Eretria made about 310 … Continue reading art and letters