Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, 17th century, Smithsonian: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print

The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus, Hendrick Goltzius, 1588, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Drawings and Prints

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953 Size: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in. (25.3 × 32.2 cm) Medium: Engraving

Mask, 19th century?, Brooklyn Museum: Arts of Africa

Size: 8 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 2 ¼ in. (22.5 x 12.4 x 5.7 cm) Medium: Wood

Apollo and the Muses Awakened by the Call of Fame, Jacopo Palma il Giovane , 1590s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Drawings

Here a barely visible Apollo, sleeping in the upper left background, and the nine muses are roused by the allegorical figure of Fame, who flies overhead with a trumpet. This dynamic scene signifies the arts reawakening. The loosely arranged clusters of figures and natural forms also suggest a harmonious relationship between humanity and the environment. The heavily subdued details and attention to the overall impact of contrast and design were valued features of Venetian draftsmanship at this time, admired by the small circle of intellectuals for whom Palma produced many similar mythological works. Size: Sheet: 20.4 x 26.1 cm (8 1/16 x 10 ¼ in.); Secondary Support: 26.3 x 31.9 cm (10 3/8 x 12 9/16 in.) Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite

Ochenta Caprichos: Aquellos Polbos, Francisco de Goya, 1793-1798, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints

Medium: etching and aquatint

“Our choices cast a shadow."  From The Instructor, 1970.

Sophie Margolin