Summula Pictoria by Daniel Mitsui
16 May 2020

SUMMULA PICTORIA #143: NATHAN and the REPENTANCE of DAVID

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http://www.danielmitsui.com/00_pages/sp143_nathan_parable.html
10 March 2020

BUILDING ARCHITECTURAL MODELS

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It is important to me that everything depicted in the Summula Pictoria be designed by my own hand. This includes architecture. I have no tra...
09 March 2020

SUMMULA PICTORIA #67: MARRIAGE of ADAM and EVE

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http://www.danielmitsui.com/00_pages/sp067_marriage_adam_eve.html I drew two different versions of this, slightly different. In ...
23 January 2020

SUMMULA PICTORIA #163: REPENTANCE of NINEVEH

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http://www.danielmitsui.com/00_pages/sp163_repentance_nineveh.html
07 October 2019

SUMMULA PICTORIA #46: MICHAEL the ARCHANGEL

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http://www.danielmitsui.com/00_pages/sp046_michael.html
13 July 2019

BEAUTIFUL, TRADITIONAL, INTERESTING, REAL

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There will always be men and women who want religious art that is beautiful and traditional. However, every artist feels instinctively th...
01 May 2019

DEDICATION of the CONVENT at RUPERTSBERG

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Today, the first of May, is the anniversary of the dedication of Rupertsberg Convent in 1150. Hildegard of Bingen was the foundress: abou...
02 April 2019

TWO NEW SYSTEMS of ORNAMENT

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I have been working on two new systems of contiguous ornament. One is based on late medieval millefleur tapestries; it will appear on fabric...
08 March 2019

NEW TILE PATTERNS

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These are inspired by the Girih tiles that have been used in Islamic art since the Middle Ages, but based on a different geometry. I designe...
24 November 2018

PRELIMINARY RESEARCH for the SUMMULA PICTORIA

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I want all of the pictures in the Summula Pictoria to have a consistent visual language, a signature iconography that very precisely shows ...
23 November 2018

PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK for the SUMMULA PICTORIA

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In 2017, I announced the Summula Pictoria , a project that I expect to be my magnum opus , and to which I will devote a large part of the ne...
14 September 2018

INVENTION and EXALTATION

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Exactly three years ago, I delivered a lecture, Invention and Exaltation at Franciscan University of Steubenville, in which I discussed...
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21 August 2018

A COMPLAINT about DESIGN COMPETITIONS, and ADVICE to THOSE WHO HOLD THEM

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image source A little less than a year ago, an Irish priest kindly sent me a message to let me know about a liturgical design competit...
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28 February 2018

INFLUENCES: KELMSCOTT PRESS CHRONICLES of FROISSART

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William Morris is of course one of the towering figures in the 19th century medieval revival, the Arts & Crafts Movement and fine pre...
22 February 2018

CAN I REALLY MAKE a LIVING at THIS? (part 3 of 3)

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Can I really make a living at this sort of art? Is the market big enough to support one more illuminator or sacred artist? I was aske...
21 February 2018

INFLUENCES: MASTER of the EMBROIDERED FOLIAGE

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Master_of_the_Embroidered_Foliage I am always interested to find ways to present natural f...
15 February 2018

CAN I REALLY MAKE a LIVING at THIS? (part 2 of 3)

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Can I really make a living at this sort of art? Is the market big enough to support one more illuminator or sacred artist? I was aske...
14 February 2018

INFLUENCES: LENTEN VEIL of ZITTAU

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Großes_Zittauer_Fastentuch In certain medieval churches, large veils were suspended at t...
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Daniel Mitsui
Daniel Mitsui is an artist who makes detailed ink drawings in the tradition of medieval religious art. His work can be seen at www.danielmitsui.com
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