The most notorious Italian painter of his day

ISBN 978-0-89236-615-6

smart text that fills a scholarly lacuna in the field

and the personal motivations behind his architecture and design work—all aspects of an influential career that was cut short by his death from AIDS-related complications at the age of fifty

and cut-through holes that play with shape and color to create a deeply satisfying read-aloud experience for children and adults

Hildegard von Bingen: The Fountain of Wisdom: Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy Lunar New Year The most notorious Italian painterThe polymath mystic's final suite of illustrated visions presented in its entirety for the first time Around 1170, the German abbess, mystic and composer Hildegard von Bingen embarked on her final journey to recount her visions. At this point, Hildegard entrusted her spiritual insights not only to written words, but also to painted images, wherein her divine wisdom flows through form, color, sound, numbers and the movement of the stars. The result was