Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

The Zodiac Man

Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)

The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)

The Comet Book (1587)

The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)

The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)

The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505)

The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)

Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I (1515)

Hans Holbein’s Dance of Death (1523–5)

The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature

The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

The Human Alphabet

Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)

The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)

The Steps of Life

Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia (1583)