Manuscripts from the period are rich with images that reveal a love of entertainment and sport, providing tantalizing hints about the history of play and its role in everyday life. In the Middle Ages, games and entertainment created potent imaginative spaces where people could learn skills, experience romance, engage in competition, establish social hierarchies, or simply have fun. “This exhibition invites audiences to look closely at a variety of manuscript illuminations that show how images of play and games provided meaning in the pages of medieval books.” “People in the Middle Ages enjoyed a variety of forms of recreation, much as we do today,” said Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle Director of the Getty Museum. The exhibition goes on view at the Getty Center from May 16 through August 6, 2023. Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages explores lively images of play in medieval manuscripts drawn from the Getty Museum’s collection.
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