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Villard de Honnecourt Home Page The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt "Barnes maintains the canonical pages on Villard de Honnecourt" —AVISTA "Barnes is the undisputed authority on this enigmatic figure" —WIKIPEDIA "Le site internet de Barnes . est un instrument de travail indispensable"—Jean Wirth, Université de Genève "Barnes has become synonymous with Villard Studies"—Nancy Wu, The Cloisters "Carl Barnes is the Doyen of Villard Studies in the English-speaking world, perhaps the world over"—Paul Crossley, Courtauld Institute of Art Site Created and Maintained by: Dr. Carl F. Barnes, Jr., 1396 Otter Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48306-4332 U.S.A., [email protected] Site Last Revised 10 November 2011 This site brings together a variety of information concerning the portfolio of thirty-three leaves of drawings and recipes (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Fr 19093) of the 13th-century Picard artist Villard de Honnecourt, including several of my articles on the portfolio and an in-progress revision of my 1982 critical bibliography, Villard de Honnecourt, the Artist and His Drawings (Boston: G. K. Hall). This is a large undertaking and must be broken into subheadings to be useful. A short biography of Carl F. Barnes, Jr. A list of my publications and presentations on Villard de Honnecourt. My biography of Villard in the Dictionary of Art. An English translation of "Le 'Problème' de Villard de Honnecourt." An (in progress) revision of my 1982 Villard bibliography. A checklist of subjects in the portfolio, by folio. An essay on the proper designation of the http://www.villardman.net/[5/20/13 3:21:24 PM] Villard de Honnecourt Home Page Villard assemblage. Now Available! Click image for larger photo Visitors to this Site http://www.villardman.net/[5/20/13 3:21:24 PM] Barnes Biography 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 Christchurch School, Virginia (Diploma, 1953), 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 and is author of The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt, a critical facsimile edition with all leaves reproduced in color at full-size. Barnes lives in Rochester Hills, Michigan, with his wife, Anna, and a http://www.villardman.net/biography.html[5/20/13 3:21:29 PM] Barnes Biography Siamese cat named Villard. Barnes has published a book about his family and himself, Carefree, a Memoir of My Father and Family http://www.villardman.net/biography.html[5/20/13 3:21:29 PM] Barnes Villard Publications Carl F. Barnes, Jr. Publications on Villard de Honnecourt Review of Theodore Bowie, The Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt, in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 19 (1960), p. 85. "The Drapery-Rendering Technique of Villard de Honnecourt," Gesta, vol. 20/l (1981), pp. 199-206. Review of François Bucher, Architector, The Lodge Books and Sketch Books of Medieval Architects, vol. I [Villard de Honnecourt], in Speculum, vol. 56 (1981), pp. 595-598. Villard de Honnecourt, the Artist and His Drawings: A Critical Bibliography (Boston, 1982) [this book won the Oakland University College of Arts and Sciences Marian P.Wilson Prize in 1982]. "The Preliminary Drawing for Villard de Honnecourt's 'Sepulchre of a Saracen'," Gesta, vol. 25/1 (1986), pp. 135-138 (co-authored with Lon R. Shelby). "Villard de Honnecourt," Dictionary of the Middle Ages, vol. 11 (New York, 1986), p. 448. "A Note on the Bibliographic Terminology in the Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt," Manuscripta, vol. 31 (1987), pp. 71-76. Review of Alain Erlande-Brandenburg et alia, Carnet de Villard de Honnecourt, in Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, vol. 37 (1987), pp. 191-193. "Codicology in the Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS Fr 19093)," Scriptorium, vol. 62 (1988), pp. 20-48 (co-authored with Lon R. Shelby). "Le 'problème' Villard de Honnecourt," Les bâtisseurs des cathédrales gothiques (Strasbourg, 1989), pp. 209-223 [commissioned for the exhibition catalogue published in connection with the XXVIIth International Congress on the History of Art]. "Roland Bechmann and Villard de Honnecourt," AVISTA Forum Journal, vol. 5/2 (1991), pp. 6-7. "Villard de Honnecourt," International Dictionary of Architects, vol. II (Detroit, 1993), pp. 956-957. Review of Michael V. Schwartz, "Li sepouture dun Sarrazin: Bilder von Antik bei Villard de Honnecourt," Acta Archaeologica Academiae Hungaricae, vol. 36 (1993), pp. 31-40 in AVISTA Forum Journal, vol. 11/2 (Fall 1999), pp. 15-17. "Villard de Honnecourt," Medieval France: An Encyclopaedia (New York, 1994), p. 957. "Villard de Honnecourt," Dictionary of Art, vol. 32 (London, 1996), pp. 569-571. Review of Wilhelm Schrink, "War Villard de Honnecourt Analphabet?," Pierre, lumière, couleur: Études d'histoire de l'art du moyen âge en l'honneur d'Anne Prache, eds. Fabienne Joubert and Dany Sandron (Cultures et Civilizations Médiévales, 20 (Paris, 1999), pp. 213-221, in AVISTA Forum Journal, vol. 12/2 (Fall 2001), pp. 15-17. "What's in a Name? The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt," AVISTA Forum Journal, vol. 12/2 (Fall 2001), pp. 14- 15. Review of Le carnet de Villard de Honnecourt: L'art et les techniques d'un constructeur gothique, commentary by Roland Bechmann (L'Oeil de l'Historien), Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2001 in Speculum, vol. 77 (2002), pp. 485-487. http://www.villardman.net/research.html[5/20/13 3:21:30 PM] Barnes Villard Publications "In Memoriam Jean Gimpel, 1918-1996," Villard's Legacy: Studies in Medieval Technology, Science and Art in Memory of Jean Gimpel, ed. Marie-Thérèse Zenner, AVISTA Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Art, vol. 2 (Aldershot, 2004), pp. xxiii-xxviii. "A Note on Villard de Honnecourt and Metal," De re metallica, The Uses of Metal in the Middle Ages, ed. Robert O. Bork, AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science and Art, vol. 4 (Aldershot, 2005), pp. 245- 253. "An Essay on Villard de Honnecourt and the Cathedral of Cambrai,"AVISTA Forum Journal, vol. 17, 1-2 (Fall 2007), pp. 21-26. "The 1858 Lassus Facsimile: the Start of It All,"AVISTA Forum Journal, vol. 18, 1-2 (Fall 2008), pp. 53-55. "Apparitional Aesthetics: Viollet-le-Duc and Villard de Honnecourt," The Four Modes of Seeing: Approaches to Medieval Imagery in Honor of Madeline Harrison Caviness, eds. Evelyn Staudinger Lane, Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Ellen M. Shortell (Aldershot, 2009), pp. 465-480. The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt, A New Critical Edition and Color Facsimile (Farnham, 2009). [This is a new, critical facsimile edition with the cover and leaves of the portfolio reproduced the same size as the originals and in color.] "An Essay on Villard de Honnecourt, Cambrai Cathedral, and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary," New Approaches to Medieval Architecture, Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2011, pp. 77-91. [This is an expanded version of the article in AVISTA Forum Journal, vol. 17, 1-2 (Fall 2007), pp. 21-26 listed above.] "Villard de Honnecourt, the Clerestory Passages of Reims Cathedral, and the Coronation of Louis XV in 1722," to appear in AVISTA Forum Journal, vol. 21, 1-2 (2011) Carl F. Barnes, Jr. Translation Jean Gimpel, Les Batisseurs de cathédrales (Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 1958) as The Cathedral Builders (New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1961). Carl F. Barnes, Jr. Presentations on Villard de Honnecourt "Villard de Honnecourt, Sculpture, and Antiquity," Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1976 "Villard de Honnecourt: Architect or Dilettante?," Society of Architectural Historians, Los Angeles, CA, 1977 "Villard de Honnecourt as Architectural Draftsman," XIIth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 1977 "A New Look at the Career of Villard de Honnecourt," Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1977; Boston University, Boston, MA, 1978; Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 1978; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1978; Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1978; Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1978; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1979; Concordia University, Montréal, CDN, 1979; Haverford College, Haverford, PA, 1984 "Foliation in the Villard de Honnecourt Manuscript: How Many Leaves are Lost?," XIVth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 1979 http://www.villardman.net/research.html[5/20/13 3:21:30 PM] Barnes Villard Publications "The Drawing Techniques of Villard de Honnecourt," Concordia University, Montréal, CDN, 1979 "Was Villard de Honnecourt in England?," XVIth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 1981 "The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt: A New Codicological Analysis of MS Fr 19093 in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris," VIIIth Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 1981 (presented in collaboration