What happens
when we compare?
Choose any two works. No algorithm will tell you what to think. Look for a shared shape, a contradiction, or something neither caption explains.
34 WORKS / YOUR OWN PAIRINGCHANGE EITHER OBJECT BELOW
The Weaver · Iran
The Emperor’s Carpet
Unidentified Safavid weavers · Second half of the 16th century
EXAMINE THE SOURCE
The World Builder · Europe
The Celestial Globe—Southern Hemisphere
Albrecht Dürer · 1515
EXAMINE THE SOURCETHREE WAYS TO LOOK
What shape appears in both, despite the different worlds?
Whose labour is visible? Whose has gone unnamed?
What changes when you stop reading labels and return to the image?