Two fall exhibits are taking a page from the past. First up is Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections, the largest exhibition of medieval and Renaissance books ever staged in North America. On view through fall, the show spans 260 tomes at three venues: Harvard’s Houghton Library, BC’s McMullen Museum and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where you can view lavishly hand-painted works of art that have spent centuries under cover. Then on Oct. 14, the Boston Public Library marks the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death with the opening of Shakespeare Unauthorized, an exhibition of early editions of his plays, including the library’s own First Folio, pictured here. On display through March 31, it also features forgeries, theatrical memorabilia and other rarities related to the drama king.
THE IMPROPER’S 2016 FALL ARTS PREVIEW: DANCE | THEATER | MUSIC | COMEDY
Exhibits Worth a Second Look
By Jacqueline Houton Sept. 16, 2016
Speaking of Volumes
Two fall exhibits are taking a page from the past. First up is Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections, the largest exhibition of medieval and Renaissance books ever staged in North America. On view through fall, the show spans 260 tomes at three venues: Harvard’s Houghton Library, BC’s McMullen Museum and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where you can view lavishly hand-painted works of art that have spent centuries under cover. Then on Oct. 14, the Boston Public Library marks the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death with the opening of Shakespeare Unauthorized, an exhibition of early editions of his plays, including the library’s own First Folio, pictured here. On display through March 31, it also features forgeries, theatrical memorabilia and other rarities related to the drama king.
THE IMPROPER’S 2016 FALL ARTS PREVIEW: DANCE | THEATER | MUSIC | COMEDY
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