Virtue vs. Vice / Cecily Moon, Sandra Meigs

Identifier:FA.B21.0342

Dimensions:38 leaves; 14. 6 x 20 cm

Creation dates:1993

created by: Cecily Moon, Sandra Meigs

Subjects: artists' books, case bindings, folded books, offset lithography

Description:Case bound and printed accordion book with glossy, purple and black, illustrated covers. Book consists of black and white illustrations depicting the seven virtues each pitted against one of the seven vices. According to introductory notes, in this collaborative project, Moon and Meigs, "explore emotional ideas behind moral struggles." Thematically the book is influenced by the battle in "Hortus Delicarium", a 12th century moral tract.