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…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Tattooed Saints and Painted Shamans: Body Art as Sacred Symbolism Across Cultures Introduction: The Canvas Read more…
Image title: Christ Healing the Blind Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1570 Source: The Met Collection “ Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. ” — Friedrich Nietzsche ‘Eyes Like Ours’: Self-Portraits by Blind Artists Through Tactile Media Introduction: Seeing Through Touch When we think of self-portraiture Read more…
Image title: The Annunciation Medium: Oil on panel, transferred to canvas Date: 1480–89 Source: The Met Collection “ Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. ” — Alfred Adler From Lagos to London: The Neo-Afro-Surrealist Movement Changing Global Art Narratives Read more…
Image title: Portrait of a Woman Medium: Oil on wood Date: ca. 1520 Source: The Met Collection “ With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. ” — Oprah Winfrey ‘Viral Brushstrokes’: How Memes Are Shaping Contemporary Painting Introduction: When Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh. ” — Francis of Assisi When Sculptures Bleed: The Anatomy of Hyperrealism Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity. ” — The Buddha Stitches of Resistance: Embroidery as Read more…