โGet yourself a little studietto where no one will bother you at all.โ
โCennino Cennini, Book of Art, c. 1400s
A delightful bit from Tom Stammersโ review of David Hallโs The Artistโs Studio: A Cultural History:
itโs helpful to know that the term โstudioโ derives from a verb as well as a noun. Studiolo denoted the scholarโs study or cabinet, but there was also studiare, linked to a certain kind of diligent or pleasurable work, which could take place anywhere.
Another interesting bit on the difference between a โstudioโ and a โworkshopโ:
The idea that the artistโs studio was somehow different from the artisanโs workshop took off in the 15th century. In Hallโs phrase, โthe Renaissance concept of the studio involved a literal and symbolic turning away from the street.โ The most skilful and profitable craftsman of the Middle Ages was the goldsmith, whose reputation for honest dealing was predicated on the transparency of his working practices. Goldsmithsโ shops were open to the street, and to watching customers. By contrast, the 15th-century artistโs studio was premised on a measure of secrecy.
I like this tension between โstudioโ and โworkshop.โ I would like to think of my space as serving both functions, occupying a place somewhere in the middle ย โ a place I go to be, by myself, but also a place where the people are free to visit me. (I love a good visit.)
But even before I built my current studio, I knew that a great deal of my work โcould take place anywhere,โ and indeed, a great deal of it takes place, as it did before, in the morning at the kitchen table.
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