January

Detail from '<n>Trompe l'oeil with studio wall and vanitas still life</n>' (1668) by <n>Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts</n>.

From <n>Nicholas Alan Cope</n>'s photography book, <n>Whitewash</n>.

<n>ERDEM</n>'s "BIG SKY" series, styled by <n>Amanda Harlech</n> and shot by <n>William Waterworth</n>.

<n>Ribbon Series</n> candlesticks in sterling silver by artist <n>Ane Christensen</n>, 2004.

A Polaroid self-portrait by film director <n>Andrei Tarkovsky</n>.

<n>Peggy Guggenheim</n> at her home on the Grand Canal in Venice.

Detail of <n>Venus</n> by <n>Lucas Cranach the Elder</n>, 1530.

<n>Casa de Muestra</n> by <n>Luis Barragán</n> in Jardines del Pedregal, 1950. Photo by <n>Armando Salas Portugal</n>.

Detail from <n>Piero di Cosimo</n>'s '<n>Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci</n>,' c. 1490.

<n>Richard Neutra</n>'s <n>Kronish House</n> (1954) in Beverly Hills. Photo by <n>Julius Shulman</n>.

<n>House in Ilha Selvagem Grande</n> in Madeira. Architecture and photography by <n>pontoatelier</n>.

Title page for <n>Maria Sibylla Merian</n>'s 1679 book, <n>Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung</n>.

<n>Case Study House #22 (Stahl House)</n> designed by <n>Pierre Koenig</n>, photographed by <n>Julius Shulman</n> in 1960.