Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 Source: The Met Collection “ Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. ” — Theodore Roosevelt Mapping the Stars on Canvas: Celestial Charts as Early Data Visualization Read more…
Image title: Mars and Venus United by Love Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1570s Source: The Met Collection “ Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity. ” — The Buddha Afterimages of War: Painting Trauma Across Cultures Read more…
Image title: The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist Medium: Oil on wood Date: ca. 1528 Source: The Met Collection “ Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. ” — Dorothy Thompson Virtual Museology: What Happens When Masterpieces Live Only in Read more…
Image title: Cherry Blossom Viewing at Itsukushima and Yoshino Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper Date: first half 17th century Source: The Met Collection “ I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing Read more…
Image title: The Brioche Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1870 Source: The Met Collection “ All is flux; nothing stays still. ” — Heraclitus Paint What You Eat: Culinary Still Lifes from Uncolonized Perspectives Introduction: A New Appetite for Still Life Still life painting often evokes images of Read more…
Image title: Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1652–53 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter ‘Land Art’ on Mars? Read more…
Image title: Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children Medium: Marble Date: ca. 1616–17 Source: The Met Collection “ Think as a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. ” — William Butler Yeats The Clay Codes of Ur: Sculpting Language in Ancient Mesopotamia Introduction: Words Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 Source: The Met Collection “ The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself. ” — Anaïs Nin Beyond the Frame: Hidden Narratives in Mughal Empire Miniature Paintings Introduction: Read more…
Image title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1891 Source: The Met Collection “ Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship. ” — Johann Kaspar Lavater Tattooed Icons: Body Read more…
Image title: Vase (vase chinois) (one of a pair) Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in black enamel, platinum, two tones of gold; gilt metal; interior metal rod Date: 1791 Source: The Met Collection “ Sports do not build character. They reveal it. ” — Heywood Broun Clay Archives: What Ancient Read more…