Ten Decrees, detail by detail

Every Ten Decrees piece issued so far, set beside the Bosch or Bruegel painting it answers. Tap a number on either picture and the two matching details open side by side, with a line on each and a link to the part of the post that tells that story.

Under each pair sit the measurements: how much drawn edge each picture holds, how much open ground it leaves, how evenly the detail spreads across it, how colorful it is and how much lettering it carries. Hover or tap any of those words to see what it means. The numbers measure density and nothing more. Bosch and Bruegel set the subject, the crowd and the stage more than 450 years ago, and every Decree is drawn in answer to them.