Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. ” — William Blake The Painted Cosmos: Astronomical Imagery in Medieval Read more…
Image title: Erasmus of Rotterdam Medium: Oil on linden panel Date: ca. 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso The Algorithmic Muse: When AI Becomes the Artist Introduction: Creativity Read more…
Image title: Relief from the West Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I Medium: Limestone Date: ca. 1295–1294 B.C. Source: The Met Collection “ Formula for success: under promise and over deliver. ” — Tom Peters ‘Decolonize This Frame’: Museum Wall Texts Under Scrutiny Introduction: The Quiet Power Read more…
Image title: Portrait of a Carthusian Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1446 Source: The Met Collection “ I can, therefore I am. ” — Simone Weil ‘I Paint Therefore I Am’: Descartes Reimagined Through Self-Portraiture Introduction: Brushstroke Meets Cogito What does it mean to exist? René Descartes famously Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. ” — Alfred North Whitehead ‘Melted Gods’: Climate Change Through the Lens of Contemporary Sculpture Introduction: The Read more…
Image title: Sash Medium: Camelid hair Date: 10th–15th century Source: The Met Collection “ Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick. ” — Bruce Lee When Weavings Speak: The Visual Rhetoric of Andean Khipus as Proto-Art Introduction: The Read more…
Image title: Headdress ornament Medium: Gold Date: 100 BCE–700 CE Source: The Met Collection “ To fly, we have to have resistance. ” — Maya Lin Tactile Protest: Textile Art in Global Resistance Movements Introduction: When Threads Speak Louder Than Words Throughout history, textile art has quietly stitched Read more…
Image title: Joan of Arc Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1879 Source: The Met Collection “ To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. ” — John Marshall Celestial Palettes: Astronomy’s Influence on Art from Galileo to James Webb Introduction: Read more…
Image title: Young Lady in 1866 Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1866 Source: The Met Collection “ The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. ” — Alfred Tennyson ‘This Is Not a Nude’: Revisiting the Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. ” — Martin Luther King Jr. Ultraviolet Truths: What Read more…