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Thursday
Oct112012

Looms with a View

DateThursday, October 11, 2012 at 11:16AM

Raphael - Miraculous Draught of Fishes - c. 1519 - Tapestry in silk and wool, with silver-gilt threads, 490 x 441 cm - Musei Vaticani, Vatican (click photo for larger image)

Dana Schutz - Tapestry - 2005 - dyed wool - 212.5 x 1 x 245 cm (click photo for larger image)

“Tapestries were at one time among the most highly prized of art mediums. Raphael was paid about five times more for the tapestries he designed to adorn the walls of the Sistine Chapel than Michelangelo was for his fresco contribution to the ceiling.”

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Contemporary artists such as Dana Schultz have rediscovered this art form--and are wholly embracing it for its artistic potential.

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