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Mirror Case with Birds and Flowers
Mirror Case with Birds and Flowers
Among the most characteristic and compelling art forms of the Qajar period (1779–1924) in Iran are works in “lacquer.” Technically distinct from East Asian lacquers, these are esse...
Number Two Joy Street: A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls
Number Two Joy Street: A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls
Illustrations: three-color process and line photoengravings...
Made in Heaven
Made in Heaven
On the one hand Tal R works with almost naïve and cartoon-like imagery and a palette restricted to just seven colours in these paintings. On the other hand the picture plane is div...
An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle whilst two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by
An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle whilst two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by
Lettering: Madness, thou chaos of ye brain ... Invented & c by Wm. Hogarth. Lettering continues: "What art? That pleasure givst, and pain? Tyranny of fancy's reign! Mechanic fancy;...
Mary Queen of Heaven
Mary Queen of Heaven
Colour design for unidentified three-light window of Mary Queen of Heaven, with the symbol of the Sacred Heart at the top, the House of Gold at the bottom, and other Marian symbols...
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
The manuscript opens with a faded ink drawing of a seated bearded man holding prayer beads in a landscape. The drawing is water damaged, and the inscription attributing the work to...
Pen Box with Birds, Flowers, and Butterflies
Pen Box with Birds, Flowers, and Butterflies
The upper surface of this pen box (qalamdan) is divided into three lobed cartouches outlined in gold, their interstices filled with golden palmettes and flowers. A bird-and-flower ...
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Tandem duplication of two tRNA genes in the mitochondrial genome of Tagiades vajuna (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Tandem duplication of two tRNA genes in the mitochondrial genome of Tagiades vajuna (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
To explore the debated phylogenetic relationship of two Hesperiidae subfamilies, Pyrginae and Eudaminae, and contribute to the understanding of the evolution of mitogenomic archite...
Reducing misperceptions through news stories with data visualization: The role of readers’ prior knowledge and prior beliefs
Reducing misperceptions through news stories with data visualization: The role of readers’ prior knowledge and prior beliefs
Amid the global discussion on ways to fight misinformation, journalists have been writing stories with graphical representations of data to expose misperceptions and provide reader...
Landscape in Moonlight
Landscape in Moonlight
One of a triptych of hanging scrolls; ink on silk, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan...
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