Summula Pictoria by Daniel Mitsui
08 September 2020

CROWN THEM with MANY CROWNS: HALOS in the SUMMULA PICTORIA

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The halo may be the most readily recognized symbol in Christian art, and it is seemingly the simplest: a golden circle about the head, indic...
02 July 2020

SUMMULA PICTORIA #232: MARTYRDOM of THOMAS the APOSTLE

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http://www.danielmitsui.com/00_pages/sp232_martyrdom_thomas.html

SUMMULA PICTORIA #190: ESPOUSALS of MARY and JOSEPH

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http://www.danielmitsui.com/00_pages/sp190_espousals.html

An IMAGINARY EGYPT, GREECE, and BABYLON

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In most of my religious artwork, and especially in the Summula Pictoria , I depict a common material culture, that of the European Mi...
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...
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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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