What are Persian carpets, a peacock, and a cucumber doing in a painting of The Annunciation? Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation with Saint Emidius by Dr. Sally Hickson
What do a cucumber, a fly, figures in turbans, and ancient reliefs tell us about the Madonna and Child? Do you speak Renaissance? Carlo Crivelli, Madonna ... by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker