Daniel Mitsui is an artist whose specialty is meticulously detailed ink drawing. In his religious work, he attempts to be faithful to the Second Nicene Council’s instruction that the composition of religious imagery is not left to the initiative of artists, but is formed upon principles laid down by the Catholic Church and by religious tradition. Seeing in the art of the Middle Ages a faithful and vigorous expression of that tradition, he draws much of his inspiration from illuminated manuscripts and incunabula. He lives in Chicago with his wife and their three children. More of his work can be seen at www.danielmitsui.com.
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Invention and Exaltation: A Lecture by Artist Daniel Mitsui
The following is a lecture given by artist Daniel Mitsui on 14 September 2015, to open an exhibit of his artwork at Franciscan University of Steubenville. INVENTION and EXALTATION I wish you a very happy feast. This is a special …
On the Catholic Art of the Printed Book – Part III: Parisian Books of Hours
This is the third installment of a multi-part series. You may find each part here: Part I – Part II – Part III A Book of Hours was the essential guide to devotion for a literate Catholic layman of the late Middle Ages, from the …
On the Catholic Art of the Printed Book, Part II: Block Books
This is the second installment of a multi-part series. You may find each part here: Part I – Part II – Part III The printing press reduced the cost of book production in late medieval Europe enormously. But printed books did not altogether replace illuminated …
On the Catholic Art of the Printed Book, Part I: Origins
This is the first installment of a multi-part series. You may find each part here: Part I – Part II – Part III The Cathedral at Aachen is home to one of Christendom’s most impressive treasuries of relics, including four of particular distinction that were …