Hoodies
Description: Cervantes began writing Don Quixote while in debtors prison. It is a parody of the contemporary over romantic view of chivalry at the time. Over the 400 years since, it has worked into the cultural foundations. This painting by Nicholas Petrescu-Gaina ~1913, is a favourite of mine and was my work avatar for many years. Picasso painted a similar picture
Description: An illuminated P from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right