The 105 Artworks of media Gold Leaf and containing the word orthodox icons, gold leaf, renaissance, 1300

In this book of hours, an image of the Madonna and Child prefaces a prayer commonly found in books of hours. Addressed to the Virgin, it begins with Obsecro te domina (I beseech you lady). The image/

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The massive black trunk of an ancient plum tree with bending, twisting branches spans nearly sixteen feet across four sliding panels. The reptilian old tree sprouts blossoms, which convey the atmosphere of a cold early spring morning and symbolize birth and renewal. These panels originally formed on...

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The Rothschild Miscellany is a unique collection of 37 distinct texts: biblical and liturgical books; Rabbinic exegesis (midrash); texts on Jewish law, ethics, and philosophy; astronomy and historical legend; and even entertaining literature. With illumination on almost every leaf, this 946-page man...

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In the center of this miniature removed from a Gospel book and depicting the Miracle of the Gadarene Swine, Jesus and his followers confront two men whose half-dressed, unkempt state indicates that they are possessed by evil spirits. Jesus performs an exorcism, transferring the demons into a herd of...

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On the sounding of the fifth trumpet, a star falls from heaven and is given the key to the bottomless pit. Here the star, with the key dangling from one of its rays, hovers over the pit, nearly obscured by the issuing smoke. From the pit, a legion of monstrous locusts emerges to plague the earth. Th...

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The Morgan Picture Bible stood over a foot tall and contained more than 380 scenes from the Old Testament, extending from the story of Creation to the reign of King David. Though it originally consisted exclusively of pictures with no accompanying text, three sets of captions were later added to the...

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The calendar page for June opens with a figure that contemporary scholars are unable to identify with certainty. The bust-length figure may represent Junius Brutus, the Roman leader who assassinated dictator Julius Caesar; his inclusion here may have been stimulated by the similarity of his name to ...

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The Apocalypse manuscript begins with the life of the apostle Saint John, thought to be the author of the Apocalypse. In this miniature, grotesquely featured men bring John before the Roman Emperor Domitian, shown on the left. With an imperial gesture, Domitian orders his men to throw John into a ca...

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Written in gold on a red background is an inscription that identifies this miniature as a self-portrait of the famous Bruges illuminator, Simon Bening: 'Simon Bennik, the son of Alexander, painted this himself at the age of 75 in 1558.'Simon Bening became one of the most famous illuminators of the s...

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The focus of this composition is a young woman dressed as a gallant samurai, performing the Kabuki skit Chaya asobi, or “Teahouse Entertainments.” Her comic sidekick, the manservant Saruwaka (Young Monkey)—also played by a woman—holds a branch of maple leaves or flowers.In its earliest phase, Kabuki...

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Yahgulanaas named his ongoing series Coppers from the Hood for the shield-like totems, or coppers, that Haida chiefs traditionally exchanged during potlaches, communal feasts that formed the basis of the pre-colonial economy on the Northwest Pacific Coast and that are still held today. Many of the a...

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The Table of Affinity serves as a pendant to the Table of Consanguinity in the section on matrimony in Gratian/

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The Mishneh Torah is the magnum opus of Moses Maimonides, the renowned medieval philosopher. This remarkable text consolidates Jewish law into a systematic, comprehensive and accessible anthology, still consulted by rabbis and scholars today. This manuscript copy of the Mishneh Torah is one of the m...

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In the Middle Ages, King David was considered to be the author of the psalms, leading to the frequent inclusion of the Tree of Jesse in psalters. In this manuscript, the tree is one of a series of full-page miniatures preceding the text of the psalms. The genealogical diagram of Christ/

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The piñanona (scientific nameMonstera deliciosa) is a common plant used for decoration in homes and hotels throughout Mexico. In this canvas, Gabriel Orozco abstracts a composition from the image of a piñanona leaf’s shadow. While Orozco’s earlier paintings tend to focus on geometry and chance varia...

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