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GEMS FROM THE ARCHIVE: A great eye for colour | Updated: 08:10, 09 March 2021 When is a tapestry not a tapestry? Technically, itâs a form of weaving in which the warp threads are hidden in the completed work; weft threads of different colours are worked over portions of the warp to form the design. The worldâs most famous example, the Bayeux Tapestry, is by this definition not a tapestry at all, but an embroidery. No-one knows when the first tapestries were produced, but it was almost certainly thousands rather than hundreds of years ago. The Head of Christ, held at Spalding Gentlemenâs Society. ....
Miraculous Draught of Fishes? What had piqued my interest was the new presentation of the Raphael Cartoons on the V&A’s website, where an interactive tool allows you to zoom in on high-resolution photographs of the monumental tapestry designs commissioned from Raphael in 1515. According to the site, the fisherman Simon (soon to be renamed St Peter) has caught the following types of fish: barbels, John Dory (also known, appropriately, as St Peter fish), sardines, sea bream, sea eels, shark and skate. Raphael or his assistants knew something about fish, then, but did they know what St Peter might have caught? Perhaps not: the Sea of Galilee is actually freshwater (it’s also known as Lake Tiberias or Kinneret), but the fish caught by Christ’s apostles here, barbels aside, are saltwater creatures. ....
While some museums are closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Apollo’s usual weekly pick of exhibitions will include shows at institutions that are currently open as well as digital projects providing virtual access to art and culture. Acquired by Charles I in 1623, the seven surviving cartoons for the tapestries Raphael completed for the Sistine Chapel have since 1865 been on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Last year – the 500th anniversary of the Italian master’s death – the V&A embarked on a refurbishment to its Raphael Court, with the aim of presenting these scenes from the lives of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in a better light than ever before. The renovated galleries will open when coronavirus restrictions in the UK are lifted; in the meantime (drawing on ultra-high-resolution photography of the works carried out by Factum Arte) the museum has released digital resources that enable visitors to see the monumental designs more closely than ever before, while a ....