Flowers, binding detail, Arabic Prayerbook, A.H. 1150 / 1738 C.E.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; lacquered papier maché binding
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; lacquered papier maché binding
Garden of Words, Illuminations from a Book of Hours, Use of Rome, ms. Latin 1156B, f. 135r, 15th century
Italian Baroque pietra dura (stonework) panel, attributed to the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, 17th century
Nebamun's garden, Tomb-chapel of Nebamun, c.1350 B.C.E., 18th Dynasty, paint on plaster, 64 cm high, Thebes, Egypt
Inlaid flowers across the 183,000-square-foot marble courtyard of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi. Photo by Dave Yoder, National Geographic
Maharaja Savant Singh's Tears Irrigate the Garden of His Poetry.
India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh, circa 1750-1775
Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh, circa 1750-1775
Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Katsushika Hokusai, Canary and Peony, from an untitled series known as Small Flowers, ca. 1834
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden.
Safavid period Iran, ca.1550 CE. Opaque watercolor, ink & gold on paper
Safavid period Iran, ca.1550 CE. Opaque watercolor, ink & gold on paper