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- Banner: Diogenes (detail), Jean-Léon Gérôme, oil on canvas, 1860. Walter Art Museum. Source: Creative Commons. License: public domain.
- Mobius Strip. License: single use stock image. Source: iStock.
- Spiral Clock. License: single use stock image. Source: iStock.
- Planisphæri cœleste (detail). Celestial map from the 17th century, by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit. Source: Creative Commons. License: public domain.
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- Gathering of Philosophers (detail)
- Unidentified Artist
- Formerly Attributed to Gong Kai (Chinese, 1222–after 1304)
- Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- China
- Hand scroll; black and white on paper
- H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
- Copyright: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- License: Open Access for Scholarly Content (OASC)
Major
| Title | Sour Orange, Terrestrial Mollusk, and Larkspur | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker Name: | Joris Hoefnagel (illuminator) [Flemish / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600] and Georg Bocskay (scribe) [Hungarian, died 1575] |
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| Type: | Manuscripts | |
| Medium: | Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment | |
| Place: | Place Created: Vienna, Austria, Europe | |
| Date: | 1561 - 1562; illumination added 1591 - 1596 | |
| Source: | J. Paul Getty Museum | |
| License: | Public domain | |
Minor
| Title: | Maltese Cross, Mussel, and Ladybird |
|---|---|
| Artist/Maker(s): | Joris Hoefnagel, illuminator [Flemish / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600] and Georg Bocskay, scribe [Hungarian, died 1575] |
| Date: | 1561 - 1562; illumination added 1591 - 1596 |
| Medium: | Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment |
| Dimensions: | Leaf: 16.6 x 12.4 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/8 in.) |
| Object Number: | 86.MV.527.37 |
| Department: | Manuscripts |
| License: | Public domain under Getty Open Content project. |
Double Major
- Detail from Andreas Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1660/61. Chart showing signs of the zodiac and the solar system with world at centre.
- Title: SCENOGRAPHIA SYSTEMATIS MVNDANI PTOLEMAICI - Scenography of the Ptolemaic cosmography.
- Publisher: [Amsterdam : s.n., 1660]
- Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 38 cm. in diam.
- Notes: "444" in top right hand margin in pencil.
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection Map NK 10241. Call Number: MAP NK 10241
- Source: WikiMedia Commons
- License: Public domain
Advisement
- Petroglyph, Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
- Uncredited photograph
- Source: spiralzoom.com
- License: Fair use
Careers
| Title: | Byzantin |
|---|---|
| Collection Title: | L'ornement polychrome |
| Type: | Plates (illustrations) |
| Creator: | Jetot Racinet, A. (Auguste), 1825-1893 |
| Role: | Lithographer, Author |
| Medium: | Chromolithography |
| Object Number: | 84-B13277 |
| Source: | GRI Digital Collections |
| Date: | [between 1869 and 1887] |
| Description: | Lith. par Jetot / Firmin Didot Fils and Cie., Editeurs / Imp. Lemercier and Cie., Paris. |
| License: | Public domain |