Though #Sharknado2 hits NYC tonight, we prefer that sharks stay in the water, as in this work: http://j.mp/1xCaGmo http://j.mp/1knsYY5
— metmuseum (@metmuseum) July 31, 2014
from http://j.mp/1knsYY7
on: July 30, 2014 at 10:00PM
Join the discussion, or learn more about the themes and selected works of art related to “Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages” on view at the Met June 2 – August 23, 2009: http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/
Edward Tufte, professor emeritus of political sciences, statistics, and computer science, Yale University, and the leading authority on information design, discusses how drawings from the Middle Ages exhibit “graphical excellence.” Melanie Holcomb, associate curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters Museum and Gardens, introduces the talk.