Gallery of Late-Seventeenth-Century Costume These early works are seen

These early works are seen by some critics as attempting to "establish some ultimate ground for existence in the face of pain

These notions may evoke a positive response on their merits

Author Anna Zilboorg defies the notion of a one-size-fits-all teaching method

The artistic legacy of Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860–1939)

and elegant proofs

Gallery of Late-Seventeenth-Century Costume These early works are seenThis volume reprints the celebrated collection of costume plates created in 1694 by noted 17th century Dutch engraver Caspar Luyken. Executed with remarkable finesse, the superb illustrations depict a wide range of social classes: royalty, courtesans, merchants, laborers, military officers, ladies, gentlemen, soldiers, and a host of other figures representing varied races and countries. (A number of the subjects were drawn in their everyday milieu.)