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Assurbanipal Feasting in Palace Garden
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Assurbanipal Feasting in Palace Garden, relief from the palace of Assurbanipal (reigned 669–627 BCE) in Nineveh. The king and his queen are surrounded by ornamental and fruit trees, palms, and vines…

Places:

Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

669–627 BCE

Subjects:

Monarchy, Food and drink, Music, Ecology

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Sculpture
Relief of figure on chair and figure reclining on sofa, surrounded by foliage, as several smaller figures wave fans, carry platters, and play instruments.
My Blue Piano
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At home I have a blue piano, I, who cannot play a note. It stands in the gloom of the cellar door, now that the world has grown coarse. The four hands of the stars play there —the moonwife sang…

Contributor:

Else Lasker-Schüler

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Theology, Mourning, Food and drink, Music, Death

Categories:

Poetry, Literature
Illustrations from Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs)
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These woodcuts appeared in Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs), a very popular Yiddish book published by Giovanni di Gara, the leading publisher of Jewish books in Venice from 1564 to 1609. It was the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1600/1

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Passover, Music, Food and drink

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Woodcut illustration of six standing figures, three of whom are wearing masks and holding instruments, with Yiddish text above and below.