Kathy Hodge, at Art and Nature visits the newly opened Medieval collection at the RISD Museum, and encounters a messager in stone…

The medieval gallery had been closed for a long time while they expanded the museum and just recently reopened, New and Improved. They even added subtle medieval-style music, which is nice to listen to while drawing. Though the sculptures and paintings only fill two small rooms, I am very glad to have them back on display, since each piece has the potential to suddenly reveal itself, as this one did.

I think I’ll spend a more of my lunch breaks drawing in the museum. I don’t know why I never thought of it before that sculpture ordered me to STOP.

Photos and drawings from the Nature Lab are here.