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Elihu Vedder's Drawings for the Rubaiyat

Phoenix Art Museum

November 14, 2008-February 10, 2009

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This exhibition features 54 drawings and one painting by American artist Elihu Vedder. The drawings were created for the 1884 edition of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat, a classic work of 12th century Persian poetry. From the moment of its publication, this edition received unparalleled success and helped usher in a golden age of illustrated book publishing. Critics rushed to acclaim it as a masterwork of American art, and the visionary Vedder as the master American artist. Included in the exhibition are all of Vedder's designs for the book, with the exception of the small publisher's mark, and the monumental painting The Cup of Death, 1885-1911, which was inspired by one of the rubáiyát drawings. This special, traveling exhibition is drawn from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Exhibit Location: Orme Lewis Gallery

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  Tickets: $10/Adults, $8/Seniors and Students, $4/Children (6-17), Free/Members and Children under 6

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  Dates:
  November 14, 2008-February 10, 2009

  Times:
  Tuesday 9:00am-5:00pm, Wednesday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm

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  Phoenix Art Museum

  1625 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004

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  • Event Name: Human Nature: The Photographs of Barbara Bosworth
    "Great art exhibit!"
    Review posted by: Stephanie from Phx., Az., U.S.A. , Jun 08, 2008
    

    Beautiful photography in black and white and in color. I especially love the bird series, the trees and the meadow series that she created.

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    Beautiful photography in black and white and in color. I especially love the bird series, the trees and the meadow series that she created.

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  • Event Name: Illuminated Manuscripts
    "Breath-taking and illuminating"
    Review posted by: Ken Gallatin from Phoenix AZ, Jan 09, 2008
    

    I merely went to see the old scrolls and fragments, but I got so much more. The St. John's Bible blew me away. No photo does it justice. Stunning. Beautiful in its own right, it surprised me in an art... Expand

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    I merely went to see the old scrolls and fragments, but I got so much more. The St. John's Bible blew me away. No photo does it justice. Stunning. Beautiful in its own right, it surprised me in an art form we see so little. What a great find! Don't miss it. The old manuscripts convey the depth and history of many cultures that have carried art and scripture next to our ancestors' bosoms so that they could pass down these torches of civilization to us. I was in awe; when it was time to go, I couldn't. I turned around and went through the exhibit again. Don't miss the Syriac Peshitta and Coptic manuscripts nor the steps involved in getting European versions to the printing press. Beyond the thrill of the artwork and the profundity of this exhibition's message, I walked away, eventually, with a sense of the piety from a couple millennia. Many thanks to Phoenix Art Museum and the collectors who lent us this view extending from ancient Mesopotamia to the dazzle of post-modern illumination. Collapse

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