Art, Symbol & Imagination
God Supporting the World
A bearded divine figure supports an immense circular cosmos filled with small winged forms. Concentric inner bands enclose the central world. Carus captions the image God Supporting the World, attributes the Pisa fresco to Buonamico Buffalmacco and explains its Earth-centred medieval cosmology.
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Illustrator not identified. "God Supporting the World" [editorial title]. In The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil, Paul Carus. 1900 illustrated edition, 1900, The Open Court Publishing Company. Source scan leaf 496. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0252-0491
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Illustrator not identified. God Supporting the World. The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil. Scan leaf 496. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0252-0491