Image title: Spinario (boy pulling a thorn from his foot) Medium: Bronze, partially gilt (hair) and silvered (eyes) Date: probably modeled: 1496, cast: ca. 1501 Source: The Met Collection “ Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. ” — Plato Bronze Futures: How Ancient Read more…
Image title: Smith & Wesson .44 Double-Action Frontier Model Revolver decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 8401), with Case and Cleaning Rod Medium: Steel, silver, ivory, textile (chamois), wood (California laurel) Date: ca. 1893 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ” — Albert Einstein Beyond Blue and White: Rediscovering African Ceramic Traditions 1. The Earth Speaks: Origins Read more…
Image title: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1788 Source: The Met Collection “ Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer and practice it. ” — Richard Bach Alchemy and Oil: The Secret Read more…
Image title: An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1869–70 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Salt, Sand, and Sunlight: The Ephemeral Art of Desert Installations Introduction: The Desert Read more…
Image title: Portrait of a Woman Medium: Oil on wood Date: ca. 1520 Source: The Met Collection “ Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? ” — George Eliot Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 Source: The Met Collection “ Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine. ” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Shadows That Speak: The Hidden Language of Negative Read more…
Image title: Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1637–39 Source: The Met Collection “ When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed. ” — Zhuang Zhou Between Canvas and Stage: Painters Who Transformed Theater Introduction: When Read more…
Image title: Joan of Arc Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1879 Source: The Met Collection “ What we see depends mainly on what we look for. ” — John Lubbock Algorithmic Curatorship: Who Decides What We See in Digital Museums? Introduction: The Invisible Curator In the age of Read more…
Image title: Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1537 Source: The Met Collection “ Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. ” — Winston Churchill Portraits of Power: The Evolution of Political Imagery from Read more…