Most people don’t expect a disposable pen, a sticky note, or a simple paperclip to end up in museum collections. Yet some of the world’s most recognizable design icons were never created to become ...

This icon commemorates the Triumph of Orthodoxy, a pivotal moment in Byzantine history. It depicts the Empress Theodora, dressed in red, who restored the use of images in religious worship in AD 843.

Cole, Herbert M. 1989. ICONS: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of African Art.

This icon commemorates the Triumph of Orthodoxy, a pivotal moment in Byzantine history. It depicts the Empress Theodora, dressed in red, who restored the use of images in religious worship in AD 843.