Birds in Islamic Art

1. The Goldfinch and the Narcissus, signed Shafi Abbasi - Isphan, August 1653.

2. The bird on the branch, signed Shafi Abbasi - Isphan, September 1652.

3. The bird on the branch, signed Ashraf Khan (after Mohammad Yusuf), Iran, 1705.

4. Tile revetment with birds, Isphan second quarter of the seventeenth century.

5. The pigeon Bazande surprised by the storm - Hindustan, seventeenth century.

6. The bird on the rock, signed Moin Mossaver - Iran, June 1686.

7. Fragment of decorative band (wool and linen) - Egypt, the second half of the ninth century.

8. Medallion decorative (wool and linen) - Egypt, the second half of the ninth century.

9. Dish with lobed rim - Persia, XVII Century.

10. Calligram in the Shape of a Bird - Iran, seventeenth century.

Picturesque Gardens

0. German Canivet, circa 1840-1850.

1. Robinson's Parasol, Parc de la Motte, Bourgogne, from Habitations Champetres, engraved by Becquet Brothers, c.1855.

2. Home & English Park, from Habitations Champetres by Victor Petit, Paris 1872.

3. The Désert de Retz (Forêt de Marly) - Forest entrance, in Le Rouge: Jardins anglo-chinois. 1776, Cahier XIII: le Désert, Jardin pittoresque appartenant a M. de Monville. The entrance to the "Jardin Pittoresque" was a grotto enshrouded with trees and decorated with two figures of satyrs, made of tin, clasping flaming torches.

4. Center of a labyrinth. Etching by Hieronymus Sperting.

5. Belvedere tree house - Maple Tree of Matibo in Sevigliano, Piedmont. Etching by F. Wiesener (published in Magasin Pittoresque, 1841).

6. Staircas tree, in L. E. Audot: Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins. Paris 1859.

7.Artificial rock at the edge of a lake, topped by a windmill drives a pump that can lift water to great heights in L.E. Audot: Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des Jardins. Paris 1859.

8. Flower-beds in L.E. Audot: Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des Jardins. Paris 1859.

9. View of the Temple of Love at Malmaison. Lithograph by Langlumé, after Guerard.

Japan - Sarasa Shima textile patterns

Clouds

Michael Wutky (1739 - 1823) - Study of clouds.
Johan Christian Dahl (1788 - 1857) - Study of clouds.
Johan Christian Dahl (1788 - 1857) - Study of clouds.
Luke Howard (1772 - 1864) - Clouds and rain, 1803.
Alexander Cozens (1717 - 1786) - Engravings of various types of sky , 1784 - 1785.

Manufacture of pan flutes. 'Are'are people, Solomon Islands. Photos by Hugo Zemp.

Richard Artschwager - Book III (Laokoon) - formica, metal and vinyl, 1981 / Destruction 3 and Destruction 4 - acrylic on celotex, 1972.

The Baltoro glacier in Karakorum, expedition of the Duke of Spoleto, 1929 / Balti People, Italian Karakorum expedition, 1958.

Latvia - Inta Ruka - My Country People.

Vilis Lesnieks, 1986.

Vera Auka (1890 - 1984), 1983.

Aleksandrs (Sanka) Auzins and Klara Vanaga, 1985.

Marija Murasova and Artis Zuss.