The Jerusalem trip on the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the very end of trip, Professor brought and show us the Blue Quran, it is interesting and unique piece of calligraphy. Basically, it is a piece of Indigo colored parchment is written by gold manuscript in Arabic. In general Quran, the parchment is white-yellowish, and with black ink. The Blue Quran was made for upper class people, the combination of design and color selection, it is beautiful and eye catchy aesthetically to audiences stand from far away from the show case. It fascinated about there is democracy to read it from any direction.  Because the content of Quran, it usually combine with fragment words. It is romantic about people accept knowledge in their own way. In the other hands, the authenticity of Quran would be doubtable. The book is not simply made for religious, it also textbook for school. I like they use blue as background color, cause blue symbolism rational and logical. The golden of content, it is light in the darkness, which it represents enlightenment. The design concept of Blue Quran, it represent intelligence and knowledge. i appreciated to the designer, put the context in gold, which enhance the whole image. Moreover, it make the book become sacred and precious, audiences would read it in treasure way.

The Byzantine art “ Virgin and Child Enthroned and the Crucifixion” is a portable and private wood based devotion.  This style art was born Eastern Roman Empire, the variety is focus on religion expression. The commitment included two classical christianity stories, technically, the paintings composition are symmetrical. It is non-perspective, such as, those gods’ flatten halos;  there is not foreshortening and sense of depth, Virgin’s two hands share the same proportion, the ambiguously position (which subject is front or back) between gods and cross. The dominate is Virgin Mary and Crucifixion Jesus, the promotion of subject matter message important information to far distance audiences the major character’s location in the imagines. The position of dominate enhance importance of the characters. The halo is dedicated, it is not simply a circle but decorate with pattern in subtle way. I like the artist under limit technical skills, using promotion describe what dominate and subordinate of subject matters.

The Gold Ensemble for the Head or Neck is piece fragment of Jewish bride jewelry, the outline of first component is asymmetry, and the rest of them are symmetrical. The decoration pattern is lavish and rich but it is well organized.