Christie's to auction magnificent collection of illuminated manuscripts including the Hours of Elizabeth de Bohun, grandmother of Henry the V

a heavenly blue

Louvre ceiling, Cy Twombly 2010

ceiling at Scrovengi chapel, Giotto 1305

lapis lazuli

Cy Twombly states that the startling blue color in his Louvre ceiling was inspired by Giotto and that Early Renaissance painter's use of lapis lazuli


from
American Scholar : American artist Cy Twombly paints a ceiling at the Louvre

Eva Hesse Studiowork 1968


Eva Hesse exhibition at Hauser & Wirth from Art Knowledge news

Taklimakan desert Nasa photo 2001

Lost in the Taklimakan: Mysterious forms beckon from a forgotten burial ground
from the New York Times

Sotheby's to auction stunning Corot masterwork that was once part of Hitler's loot

(Don't) Steal this book: A new book about a thief of books

Happy New Year and a story from NPR today about Allison Hoover Bartlett's new book:

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

Merry Christmas

from the Aberdeen Bestiary folio 21 Ram

Nasa Cassini photo July 23, 2008 Saturn during equinox

Jean Fouquet The Adoration of the Magi 15th century

Pietro Lorenzetti The Birth of the Virgin 1342

from the Aberdeen Bestiary, English, 12th century, folio 21 Lamb