Image title: The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1874 Source: The Met Collection “ The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. ” — Richard Bach Brushstrokes Behind Bars: Prison Art Movements That Changed National Conversations Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ I can, therefore I am. ” — Simone Weil ‘I Paint Therefore I Am’: Ontology Through the Eyes of Agnes Martin Introduction: Painting as Existence Agnes Martin, the enigmatic pioneer of minimalist art, Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 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 Read more…
Image title: Night-Shining White Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper Date: ca. 750 Source: The Met Collection “ I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others. ” — Confucius ‘I Am Not Your Artifact’: Postcolonial Resistance in Museum Read more…
Image title: Zoomorphic headrest Medium: Wood Date: Mid–late 19th century Source: The Met Collection “ The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself. ” — Anaïs Nin Carvings in the Ice: Indigenous Arctic Sculpture Beyond the Tourist Gaze Introduction: Unveiling Stories in Stone and Bone Read more…
Image title: A Book Peddler Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1670–90 Source: The Met Collection “ The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ” — Henry David Thoreau Hieroglyphs to Hashtags: The Visual Language of Power Introduction: The Silent Authority of Symbols Throughout history, civilizations Read more…
Image title: Dancers Practicing at the Barre Medium: Mixed media on canvas Date: 1877 Source: The Met Collection “ By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future. ” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Can a Painting Be Read more…
Image title: Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido Medium: Marble (Carrara marble) Date: ca. 1175 Source: The Met Collection “ Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. ” — Alfred Adler Behind Bars & Easels: The Global Movement Read more…
Image title: Holy Face Medium: Tempera and gold leaf on parchment that has been trimmed and laid down on thin walnut Date: ca. 1485–90 Source: The Met Collection “ ” — “Wrong” Proportions: Disability Representation in Medieval Manuscripts Introduction: A Reframed Perspective on Medieval Disability In the illuminated Read more…
Image title: Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale Medium: Fresco Date: ca. 50–40 BCE Source: The Met Collection “ Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them. ” — Sophocles Frescoes Read more…