Image title: Sprite Medium: High-copper alloy, fire-gilt, brown natural patina where exposed Date: 1432 Source: The Met Collection “ Do more than dream: work. ” — William Arthur Ward More than Marble: Black Sculptors Transforming Classical Traditions Introduction: Reframing the Pedestal The marble bodies of Greco-Roman antiquity have Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. ” — Thomas Jefferson The Futurist Who Read more…
Image title: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1887 Source: The Met Collection “ We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We’re connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness are at an all-time high. We Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ The energy of the mind is the essence of life. ” — Aristotle The Graphic Revolutionaries of Zimbabwe’s Post-Independence Posters Introduction: Ink, Independence, and Identity In the heady days following Read more…
Image title: Night-Shining White Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper Date: ca. 750 Source: The Met Collection “ When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. ” — John F. Kennedy Ink as Rebellion: Underground Chinese Brush Painting Read more…
Image title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1891 Source: The Met Collection “ A rolling stone gathers no moss. ” — Publilius Syrus ‘Chisel Like a Woman’: Feminist Subversions in Stone from Egypt to Britain Introduction: Stone as a Gendered Medium Stone has Read more…
Image title: A Peasant Family Medium: Oil on copper Date: ca. 1640–48 Source: The Met Collection “ Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born. ” — Man Ray When Skulls Were Fashion Statements: Memento Mori in 17th-Century Dutch Jewelry Introduction: Vanity, Mortality, and Sparkle In Read more…
Image title: Fish hacha Medium: Stone, shell, traces of plaster, pigment Date: 600–900 CE Source: The Met Collection “ Pitching is the art of instilling fear. ” — Sandy Koufax ‘Smell This Painting’: The Lost Scent Worlds of Classical Art Introduction: Unlocking the Forgotten Sense Visual art has Read more…
Image title: Rothschild lamp Medium: Bronze, on a later wood base Date: ca. 1510–20 Source: The Met Collection “ People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. ” — Eleanor Roosevelt ‘This Is Not a God’: Deconstructing Colonial Museum Displays Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both. ” — Fawn M. Brodie Read more…