Wenceslaus Hollar (also known as Wenzel Hollar and Václav Hollar) was one of the most prolific and accomplished artists of the seventeenth century, with an estimated four hundred drawings and three thousand etchings to his name. They include views, portraits, ships, religious subjects, heraldic subjects, landscapes, and still lifes. He was also known for his topographical works and his maps. Born in Prague, he worked there as well as in Strasbourg, Mainz, Koblenz, Vienna, and England.
It is you, modern girls, whom I address. The modern spirit has completely changed your natures. If the sages of old, who spoke so much about the wonderful strength of woman as opposed to man, found…
This elaborate Italian kabbalistic manuscript depicts the inner processes of the divine (the sefirot) in the shape of a tree (in Hebrew, ilan), or tree of life. Visualization plays an important part…
Henriette de Lemos Herz (1764–1847) was a Berlin salon hostess famed for her beauty and literary engagement. She was highly educated, especially in ancient and modern languages. Following her marriage…