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Hi Lu, Anna, et al.-- I'd suggest looking for illustrations in alchemical texts. This is a little late (1595), but here are some plates from a volume digitized at the Univ. of Wisconsin: http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/SpecialCollections/khunrath/thumbs.html --Linda Duychak Kohler Art Library/Digital Content Group Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:52:21 -0500 Anna Bigazzi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Lu, >I was intrigued by your request because I distinctly recollected seing that >element "in real life"... >Unfortunatly I was not able to find any reproduction of the medieval and >Renaissance suns with wavy rays that I remembered, with the >possible exception of a painting by Arcangelo di Cola da Camerino in the >John Johnson Collection, Philadelphia. And the photo I tracked down was so >small that I could not be sure that the rays were wavy... >However, if you have access to it, there is a marvelous old source of >pictures in Walter Herdeg's "The Sun in Art: Sun Symbolism of Past and >Present, in Pagan and Christian Art, Popular Art, Fine Art and Applied >Art", The Graphis Press, Zurich, Switzerland, 1962. >Too bad the sun cannot have straight rays, because it would have been much >easier to find. Think about the collection of sculpted sun faces >on Bernini's Baldacchino in St Peter's, Rome, just under the entablature... >The wavy element is wonderfully exploited in relief in the ceiling of the >Chiesa del Gesu' in Cortona, but it encircles the Name of Jesus and not the >sun! >Best of luck ! I hope to see what our colleagues come up with... > >Anna Bigazzi >Art Coordinator >Mortensen Library Art Library >University of Hartford >200 Bloomfield Avenue >West Hartford, CT 06117 > > > > > > >>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) >>Approved-By: "Harper, Lucy (MAG)" <[log in to unmask]> >>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:53:10 -0500 >>Reply-To: "Harper, Lucy (MAG)" <[log in to unmask]> >>Sender: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST <[log in to unmask]> >>From: "Harper, Lucy (MAG)" <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: [ARLIS-L] Looking for medieval images of the sun >>To: [log in to unmask] >>X-AntiSpam: Checked for restricted content by Gordano's AntiSpam Software >> >>I have an artist looking for images of the sun (in the form of a circle with >>wavy rays) of the sort in early prints. We're not having much luck, so I'm >>passing it on to all you wizards out there with the incredible visual >>memories. Any suggestions? >> >>Lu Harper >>Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester >>[log in to unmask] >> >>__________________________________________________________________ >>Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] >>For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: >> http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html >>Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) >> to [log in to unmask] >>ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: >> http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html >>Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] > >__________________________________________________________________ >Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] >For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: > http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html >Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > to [log in to unmask] >ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html >Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]