"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."--Edith Wharton, "Vesalius in Zante," 1902. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Whirligig with Fish and Pumping Figures

Dying Buffalo, Shot with an Arrow George Catlin

Hudson Maxim Moses Wainer Dykaar

Striding Female Nude

Carrefour at the End of the Tapis Vert,... James Carroll Beckwith

Policeman Smoking Toy