This diagram of the cosmos is from a treatise on astronomy, Sefer mareh ha-ofanim (The Appearance of the Heavenly Beings), by Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor. The treatise was mostly a translation of…
Chicago and her former husband Donald Woodman said that part of their motivation for their multimedia Holocaust Project was the realization of how cut off from their Jewish heritage and how detached…
Though he also worked in other media, Dmitry Borisovitch Lion preferred to work with ink on paper. His drawings have feathery, broken lines, and sometimes include text, illegible letters, and shapes…