Studies of two male figures bending and sitting. At the upper left of the sheet, a standing male figure bends down, his back to the viewer, as if to tie his shoe. At upper right, a young, seated male figure depicted in profile hugs his knees to his...
This is a black and white photograph of President William McKinley and entourage during a visit to Mount Holyoke College in 1899. He is depicted on the right, with guards on the left.
A photograph of students at the Fiske Seminary in Iran, ca. 1912. Note on back and depicted on the second image, says "For a time most of these Jewish girls attended the Seminary. Now they have a school in the Jewish quarter. The teachers furnished...
Story of Pamphile, daughter of Plateus, from Boccacio: Concerning Famous Women, illustrated by “Coronation Master,” about 1401-1404.
According to legend retold by Boccacio, this ingenious woman first had the idea of collecting “on the...
A Young Christian Heroically Resists Temptation, in the Presence of Saint Paul the Hermit. According to Thomas, p. 88: ""This painting is the first of eight the Limbourgs dedicated to the life of the Hermit Saints, Paul and Anthony, as related in...
“The Wheel of Fortune” and “The Treachery of Worldly Delights” from Christine de Pizan, Epitre d’Othea, by the “Epitre Master,” about 1405, a ms in which all of her works were collected.
The teaching which the Goddess Othéa reveals...
Cueur and Desire here entering courtyard of castle, inside which a young girl in torn red dress, with angry man in upper window. Stream of Tears flows past outer walls. Hope has told them about this castle and experience to come. Described in test...
16th century (1500 - 1599) 17th century (1600 - 1699)
Background: Elizabeth I, who came to the throne in 1558, was the last of the Tudor dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603. This was the period that saw centralized power in the monarch replace feudalism as the prevailing form of government...
Master of King René: The Liberation of Arcitas and Palemon, from Theseide, translation of Boccacio’s first epic poem.
“The first [of two other manuscripts of René’s illuminated by the Master of King René] is a Theseïde, a...
Hans Schauffelein, Dance Leaders and Trochbearers,
From Moxey's discussion of ""Festive Peasants and Social Order,"" p. 47-51: Dance performed in Beham's Large Peasant Holiday, fig. 3.1, is known as a ""cock dance"", endowed with suggestive...
Sebald Beham, Large Peasant Holiday
From Moxey’s detailed analysis of Beham’s Large Peasant Holiday, and his discussion of related images,which he also reproduces, , pp. 38-:
The surface of Beham’s woodcut, Large Peasant...
15th Century (1400 - 1499) 16th Century (1599 - 1599)
Puits de Moïse or Well of Moses, by Sluter.: Moses, David and Jeremiah.
Sluter has used angels to contribut positively to the design, by strenthening the angles of the hexagon, carrying the eye upward to the cornice, and framing the...
Art of the Aztecs: Wooden Mask with mosaic decoration and shell teeth, possibly depicting god Quetzalcoatl.
Principal inspiration of Aztec art a religious emphasis on themes of warfare, human sacrifice, and renewal of gods by blood. Ritual of...
Art of the Aztecs: jade figures of God Xolotl
Principal inspiration of Aztec art a religious emphasis on themes of warfare, human sacrifice, and renewal of gods by blood. Ritual of human sacrifice necessary to replenish the gods, without...
Art of the Aztecs: Figure of the Goddess Tlazolcotl, giving birth to maize god.
Principal inspiration of Aztec art a religious emphasis on themes of warfare, human sacrifice, and renewal of gods by blood. Ritual of human sacrifice necessary...
Art of the Aztecs: Huan sacrifice, from Codex Magliabechiano
Principal inspiration of Aztec art a religious emphasis on themes of warfare, human sacrifice, and renewal of gods by blood. Ritual of human sacrifice necessary to replenish the...
Works of Aristotle, previously accessible only to a minority of intellectuals and university scholars who read Latin, found a new public toward the end of the 14c, when Charles V ordered an important translation in 1370 from his adviser Nicole...
