The figure in the carpet May 26, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment Tree of Life on green ground. A handmade, natural dye carpet woven by Suraya in Kosalar, Azerbaijan. The Tree of Life design holds [...]
Tree of Jesse May 25, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment The Tree of Jesse window at the Cathedral of Chartres, late 12th century. To celebrate the labyrinth at Chartres opening again for pilgrims [...]
Creation of the Birds May 24, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment Creation of the Birds, Remedios Varo, 1957, oil on Masonite [...]
Garden of Eden May 23, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment Johann Elias Ridinger, Schöpfung (Creation) Copperplate engraving, c. 1750 “A blinding light descends on Eden in the creation of man and the animals”: [...]
Alchemical language May 22, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment Splendor Solis, illuminated alchemical text attributed to Salomon Trismosin, 1500s [...]
Mantiq al-tair May 21, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment “How can an ant’s eye be lifted to the Pleiades?” 15th century illustrations of the mystical poem Mantiq al-tair, Language of the Birds, [...]
Fauvism: colour trees May 11, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment Olive Trees in Cavalière by Henri Charles Manguin, oil on canvas, 1906 [...]
The sycamore of Ancient Egypt May 9, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment In Ancient Egypt the sycamore tree was seen as a manifestation of the Goddesses Nut, Isis and Hathor “Lady of the Sycamore”. The [...]
Assyrian Tree of Life May 8, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment Wall relief: the eagle-headed Apkallu tends the Tree of Life – pollinating the great tree with a pinecone, the ‘fruit of the Cedar’. [...]
Tree Language May 7, 2021September 6, 2023kate genevieve Comment Tree Nursery by Paul Klee, 1929 Klee used oil with incised gesso ground on the canvas to create an arboreal alphabet. [...]