Paraíso, Inferno e Boa Morte: Imagens da morte na Idade Média

Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (about 1493-1510), Denise Poncher before Death, about 1500, French, Tempera colors, ink and gold on parchment, Leaf: 13.3 x 8.7 cm, 2011.40.156, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 109, fol. 156

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Unknown, A Burial, about 1420, French, Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 20.2 x 14.9 cm, 94.ML.26.194, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 57, fol. 194.

A Idade Média produziu muitas das mais fantásticas e impressionantes imagens da vida, da morte e da pós morte. Representações medievais de demônios cruéis e anjos valentes continuam a encher nosso visual com os horrores do inferno e com as recompensas do céu.

The Middle Ages produced many of the most fantastical and arresting images of death and the afterlife. Medieval depictions of cruel demons, valiant angels, and gruesome deaths continue to inform our visual understanding of the horrors of hell and the rewards of heaven. 

Unknown, The Opening of the Fourth Seal: The Fourth Horseman, about 1255-1260, English, Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment, Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm, 83.MC.72.7v, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 7v.

Desenhos da coleção permanente do Museu Getty e novas aquisições apresentando várias novas aquisições, Paraíso, Inferno e Boa Morte: Imagens da morte na Idade Média, apresenta uma coleção de manuscritos iluminados com imagens notáveis, vitrais,  livros impressos, e pinturas.

Drawing primarily from the Getty Museum’s permanent collection and featuring several new acquisitions, Heaven, Hell, and Dying Well: Images of Death in the Middle Ages features a collection of remarkable imagery from illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, printed books, and paintings.

Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop (Flemish, active about 1480-1515) and Illuminator Unknown, The Three Living and the Three Dead, about 1480-1485 ?, Flemish, Tempera colors and gold on parchment, Leaf: 20.5 x 14.8 cm, 86.ML.606.146v, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 23, fol. 146v.

"A morte estava em toda parte na cultura medieval, e a crença inabalável da vida após a morte motivava muito a arte deste Périodo", diz Martin Schwarz, curador da exposição.

“Death was everywhere in medieval culture, and the unshakable belief in an afterlife motivated much of the art we see from this period,” said Martin Schwarz, curator of the exhibition. 

Simon Marmion (Flemish, active 1450-1489), and Attributed to Simon Marmion (Flemish, active 1450-1489), The Beast Acheron, 1475, Franco-Flemish, Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment, 87.MN.141.17.17, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 30, fol. 17.

"A centralidade da morte atuava no imaginário popular e religioso em muitos aspectos, da poesia à literatura e às imagens edificantes e aterrorizantes vistas na exposição."

“The centrality of death played out in the popular and religious imagination in many ways, from poetry to literature to the uplifting and terrifying images seen in the exhibition.”

Master of James IV of Scotland (Flemish, before 1465-about 1541) and Unknown, Lazarus's Soul Carried to Abraham, about 1510-1520, Flemish, Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm, Justification: 10.9 x 7.4 cm, 83.ML.114.22, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig IX 18, fol. 22.

A exposição apresenta três seções abordando universal e o inescapável fato da morte: A Arte da Morte, A Descida ao Inferno e Danação e a Salvação.

The exhibition features three sections that address the universal and inescapable fact of death: The Art of Death, The Descent into Hell, and Damnation and Salvation.

Follower of Hans Schilling (German, active 1459-1467), and from the Workshop of Diebold Lauber (German, active 1427-1467), The Last Judgment, 1469, Alsatian, Ink, colored washes, and tempera colors on paper, Leaf: 28.6 x 20.3 cm, 83.MR.179.93, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig XV 9, fol. 93.

Unknown, Initial D: The Harrowing of Hell, mid-1200s, Flemish, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 23.5 x 16.5 cm, 85.MK.239.110, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 14, fol. 110.

Unknown, The Opening of the Fourth Seal: The Fourth Horseman, detail, about 1255-1260, English, Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment, Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm, 83.MC.72.7v, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 7v.

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