Clement Mmaduakor Nwafor is an award-winning and self-taught Nigerian artist who mixes collage and oil paint to create colorful, mixed-media paintings.
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In Ankara and Beauty Series 2, Nwafor produces a masterful rendering of the gele, a Nigerian headwrap made of Ankara fabric, highlighting the purity and grace of the portrait. The Ankara fabric, both as an object and as a metaphor, is his means of showing the beauty of Africa to the world.
World map, 1630, by Henricus Hondius (Dutch, 1597-1651) from the Novus Atlas
This popular baroque-style map was originally designed as a frontispiece to Henricus HondiusG++-----++++s 1630 revision of the long-lived Mercator/Hondius atlas, a work then being challenged by rival map publishers. The decorations include depictions of the four elements-earth, air, fire, and water-and portraits of Julius Caesar and cartographers Claudius Ptolemy, Gerard Mercator, and Jodocus Hondius Sr.
This map is in the collection of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Building on Henry E. HuntingtonG++-----++++s legacy, The Huntington encourages research and promotes education in the arts, humanities, and botanical sciences through the growth and preservation of its collections, through the development and support of a community of scholars, and through the display and interpretation of its extraordinary resources.
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WARNING: Choking hazard-small parts. Not suitable for children under 3 years.Puzzle size: 29 x 20 in.
Published with the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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The album's original cover art available as a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle printed on high quality board. 500 pieces. Weight: 1. 10 Pounds. Size 12. 2" X 12.2" X 1.10"
With a wide range of images and designs to choose from, including favorite characters, adorable animals, fantasy images, landscapes, monuments, and more, we've got the perfect puzzle for every puzzler. Assemble the oversized easy to see and grip pieces to complete this an autumn entrance garden with birds and pets waiting to greet you. 500-piece Large Format Puzzles from Ravensburger feature larger pieces with solutions for puzzlers both young and old in mind. Whether you are new to puzzling, an avid puzzler with limited time, or a puzzler who needs pieces that are easier to hold or see, Ravensburger's 500-piece Large Format Puzzles are the perfect fit for you!
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Gennine D. Zlatkis illustrated 20 colorful birds for Galison's Avian Friends 1000 Piece Puzzle. The pieces are packaged in an easy-to-giftwrap sturdy rectangular box and includes a poem by Jennifer Bartlett.
EuroGraphics Little Girl and Her Sheltie by Charles Burton Barber 1000-Piece Puzzle
- Box size: 10" x 14" x 2.37". Finished Puzzle Size: 19.25" x 26.5".
- Charles Burton Barber was a 19th-century English painter who specialized in children with their pets. He was commissioned by Queen Victoria to do paintings of her grandchildren and their pets.
- Made from recycled board and printed with vegetable based ink.
- This superior quality puzzle will delight and educate all at the same time.
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