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Hildegard von Bingen, 1230
Book of Divine Works, Part 3, Vision 5: Divine Love upon the Wheel
This illumination introduces Part 3, Vision 5 of Hildegard von Bingen’s final visionary writing, the Liber Divinorum Operum, or “Book of Divine Works.” Hildegard completed the first copy of the Divinorum Operum in around 1173, but this illumination comes from a 13th century copy known as the Lucca manuscript. read more
Book of Divine Works, Part 3, Vision 5: Divine Love upon the Wheel, Hildegard von Bingen
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
This is an undeniably modern interpretation. The chimera, like most beasts of antiquity, was the bad guy. Child of the giant serpent Typhon and the half woman half snake Echidna (you know her from the Starbucks logo) the Chimera was an abominable thing, unnatural combination of lion and goat, with the head of a snake for a tail. Her brothers and sisters live in legend. read more
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Names are assigned to us before we are aware of their meaning, and we grow into them as much as they come to reflect us. In Japan artists often changed names after milestones in their lives, but in the west, once you've been given a name, you're usually stuck with it—a rigidity that makes claiming a new name even more powerful magic. read more
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
To Sascha Schneider the male body was perfection, and the world its antagonist. Schneider worked in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during the development of Freikörperkultur, free body culture, also called the Health and Hygiene movement. Freikörperkultur aimed to counteract the restraint and stress of industrialization with a restorative mix of open air nudity, exercise, and healthy diet. read more
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on December 31
Henri Matisse, The ArtistsPortrait of Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

100% artist

1869 – 1954
Rogier van der Weyden, The Artists

Rogier van der Weyden

A master's work erased by war

1400 – 1464
Frans Hals the Elder, The ArtistsPortrait of Frans Hals the Elder

Frans Hals the Elder

Intimate realist

1582 – 1666
Anne Estelle Rice, The ArtistsPortrait of Anne Estelle Rice

Anne Estelle Rice

The life behind the line

1877 – 1959
Andreas Vesalius, The ArtistsPortrait of Andreas Vesalius

Andreas Vesalius

1514 – 1564
Orsola Maddalena Caccia, The Artists

Orsola Maddalena Caccia

1596 – 1676

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