The four winds gather around an ordered world: East above, Jerusalem near the center, and the inhabited lands arranged according to the symbolic geography of the medieval Christian imagination.
QUATUOR VENTI draws on the visual language of illuminated mappae mundi, where geography, Scripture, direction, and celestial order belonged to the same image. The cardinal winds breathe inward from the margins while sun, moon, cities, animals, mountains, and seas occupy a world preserved in manuscript form.
Printed on heavyweight canvas and set within a substantial pine frame, the artwork is mounted with a narrow reveal that gives the finished piece a floating appearance.
Product Details
• Pine wood frame
• 1.25″ / 3.18 cm frame thickness
• Heavyweight canvas, approximately 344 g/m²
• Floating framed presentation
• Hanging hardware attached
• Rubber pads on the back corners help protect the wall
• Open-back construction
• Black and brown frames have a black inner reveal
A world ordered by winds, directions, and the older geography of the page.
The four winds gather around an ordered world: East above, Jerusalem near the center, and the inhabited lands arranged according to the symbolic geography of the medieval Christian imagination.
QUATUOR VENTI draws on the visual language of illuminated mappae mundi, where geography, Scripture, direction, and celestial order belonged to the same image. The cardinal winds breathe inward from the margins while sun, moon, cities, animals, mountains, and seas occupy a world preserved in manuscript form.
Printed on heavyweight canvas and set within a substantial pine frame, the artwork is mounted with a narrow reveal that gives the finished piece a floating appearance.
Product Details
• Pine wood frame
• 1.25″ / 3.18 cm frame thickness
• Heavyweight canvas, approximately 344 g/m²
• Floating framed presentation
• Hanging hardware attached
• Rubber pads on the back corners help protect the wall
• Open-back construction
• Black and brown frames have a black inner reveal
A world ordered by winds, directions, and the older geography of the page.