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The production and preservation of books.
The production and preservation of books
For centuries, the production and preservation of books has been associated with monastic communities. Many monks and nuns, and later lay persons, were trained in the time and labor-intensive process of transcribing books by hand before embracing mechanical printing…
Tree of Life Sculptures
Tree of Life sculptures have been made by the Makonde people as visual representations of Ujamaa — a Swahili word meaning “extended family.” Working principally in present-day Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde artists carve interlocking figures from a single piece of wood…
Helen Gerardia’s Nocturne of a Rural Church
Helen Gerardia’s nocturne of a rural church represents an edifice inherited from an earlier time rendered with the vigor of the modern age. An angular steeple thrusts skyward, paired against a mountainous terrain in the distance...