The Colourful Page

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A little girl wanders round the empty galleries of the Fitzwilliam Museum, awestruck by the collections. She drags her hand along cases, stops in front of displays, and finally finds her way into a historic library where a stunning manuscript is propped open. Its colourful illuminations capture her attention, and make her wonder – how were those paintings made? The Colourful Page is a short experimental documentary filmed and dby Alice Corner exploring the research of conservation scientist Dr Paola Ricciardi, a Research Associate in the Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK. Her work is part of the MINIARE research project (www.miniare.org) and focuses on the technical analysis of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts with non-invasive analytical methods. Researcher: Paola Ricciardi Department: Fitzwilliam Museum Film maker: Alice Corner Cambridge Shorts allows University of Cambridge researchers at an early stage of their career to work with artists and film makers to make films using innovative ways to visualise research processes and outputs.

Published 2014-10-29 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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