Villard de Honnecourt
The Artist and his Drawings
Carl F. Barnes, Jr.
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Villard de Honnecourt: Plan and Elevation of one of the Towers of the West Facade of the former Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Laon (Aisne), France. Drawing (leadpoint, drypoint, and ink on parchment), made between ca. 1220 and ca. 1240 (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Fr 19093, Fols. 9v and 10r; photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France)
© Carl F. Barnes, Jr. 2000
This copyright material is made available on the Internet to scholars and students who may find it of use. The author requests that normal scholarly credit and citation be given when any of this material is used.
my Brother
Ward Virdin Barnes (1948-1976)
and my Parents
Carl F. Barnes (1912-1988) and Ella Simms Clore Barnes (1908-1992)
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| Carl F. Barnes, Jr. is professor emeritus of art history at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where he taught from 1971 to 2001. He was educated at Washington and Lee University (B.A., 1957) and Columbia University (M.A., 1959; Ph.D., 1967) where he was a student of Robert Branner. Before coming to Michigan, Barnes taught at the Pennsylvania State University (1960-1966) and at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1966-1971). Barnes has served as president of the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA, 1978-1981) and of the Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art (AVISTA, 1990-1991). He has published on medieval art and architecture in such scholarly publications as Art Bulletin, Avista Forum Journal, Gesta, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Manuscripta, Scriptorium, and Speculum. Barnes has written The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt, a new critical facsimile edition with all leaves reproduced in color at full-size. Publication, by Ashgate Publishing Ltd, is expected in Spring 2007. Barnes lives in Rochester Hills, Michigan, with his wife, Anna, and a Siamese cat named Villard. |
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Note to the Revised Edition
The first edition of this book, published in 1982 by G. K. Hall in its A Reference Publication in Art History series, Herbert L. Kessler, editor, has long been out of print. This revised edition is intended to make available to scholars once more, this time by means of the Internet, the Villard bibliography and the current "state of the question" concerning the artist and his drawings.
I have decided to use the Internet because it would not be economically feasible to publish this material in traditional book format, and because the Internet is a new technology. Had the Internet existed in the 1220s or 1230s, Villard would have loved it! Moreover, Internet publishing allows additions, revisions, and corrections to be made in a way impossible with traditional publishing.
The revised edition permits not merely bringing the Villard bibliography up-to-date and, I hope, keeping it up-to-date. It also permits the inclusion of items overlooked in the first publication and corrections to the earlier text.
