Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures Illustrated by Gary Dumm an Empress Redemptor sits on

an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar’s throne

his mischievous puppy has vanished

Dallas-based interior designer Jan Showers returns to the concept first introduced in her bestselling book Glamorous Rooms

But in the process

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures Illustrated by Gary Dumm an Empress Redemptor sits onFrom the austere spirituality of a ninth century Byzantine icon of the Virgin to the exalted frivolity of a fourteenth century French table fountain, this book gives new coherence to the Cleveland Museum of Art's impressive collection of more than 1,000 years of European culture. All of the objects have been freshly photographed and the latest scholarship has been applied to the commentaries and text.