wit and aphorisms

Erika Naginski is associate professor of architectural history at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University

selection of chemical treatments

Depictions of goddesses and the dress and adornments of women are analyzed for what they divulge about ideals of feminine beauty and attitudes toward female nudity

Michel Draguet is professor of modern and contemporary art and director of the center for research on René Magritte at the Free University of Brussels

Faces of Power and Piety SPE24 wit and aphorismsErik Inglis Faces of Power and Piety is the second in the Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books that draw on manuscript illuminations in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme to provide an accessible introduction to the imagination of the medieval world. The faces featured in this volume include portraits of both illustrious historical figures and celebrated