THE PLANK JULY 29, 2009
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Jed Perl has written a review of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit "Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages." Click through for a look at some of the work in the exhibit.
Book of the Maccabees (above)
Circa 850-925
--Sharon Eliza Nichols
Photograph courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Interesting.
This collection is actually from the Early Middle Ages. Or, as some call it, the Dark Ages.
This can be discerned by a closer examination with a magnifying glass.
You will recognize the work of Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Jesus Christ and Allah.
But what really gives it away is the Etymologiae by Isidore. Isidore is the name used by Joe the plumber and Jim the cop back then. It's a joint effort. Using the magnifying glass you can trace the genealogy of the Republican Party from Adam and Eve at the bottom all the way up to Sarah Palin on top.
And I'm sure we will all agree an age cannot get any darker than that. Aside, perhaps, from the age we live in now?
Dark Ages: The Sequel? No more pen or parchment though. It's all strictly viral on the Internet.
gw
- iambiguous
July 29, 2009 at 1:15am