Katherine Stone, "Icarus III." A fallen Ruby Crowned Kinglet, its wing feathers mirrored by the pages of an open book. This one touched my heart. A lifeless but miraculous creature to behold. I'm fond of these wee birds, the little wren, the titmouse, the finch,...

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), The Deposition, c.1603. Also called "The Entombment of Christ," but that's not what is depicted. John and Nicodemus are laying the body of Jesus on the stone to be bathed and anointed before burial. We see grieving Mary the Mother,...

Anders Zorn (Swedish), Portrait of Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker), 1897. This artist is most famous among painters for what is known as the "Zorn Palette." Our best guesses at the modern equivalents of his pigments are titanium white, yellow ochre,...