Image title: The Fortune-Teller Medium: Oil on canvas Date: probably 1630s Source: The Met Collection “ Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. ” — Ralph Waldo Emerson The Communist Palette: Color Theory Behind the Iron Curtain Introduction: Beyond the Greyscale of Ideology Read more…
Image title: Virgin and Child Medium: Oil on wood Date: ca. 1455–60 Source: The Met Collection “ Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. ” — William Shakespeare “Failed” Masters: Why Some Renaissance Artists Fell from Grace—And Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter The Erosion Aesthetic: How Climate Collapse is Shaping Land-Based Art Today Introduction: A New Urgency in Earth’s Palette Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. ” — Martin Luther King Jr. Eyes That Kill: The Dangerous Iconography Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all. ” — Ovid The Unseen Studio: Unearthing the Hidden Labor Behind Masterpieces Introduction: Shadows Behind the Read more…
Image title: The Birth of the Virgin Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Date: 1467 Source: The Met Collection “ With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. ” — Oprah Winfrey Painting with Light: Indigenous Australian Art’s Dialogue with Optical Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ” — Isocrates When Paintings Listen Back: Interactive Canvases and Sonic Art Read more…
Image title: Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement Medium: Tempera on wood Date: ca. 1440 Source: The Met Collection “ Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people. ” — Mary Read more…
Image title: ”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises” Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper Date: early to mid-14th century Source: The Met Collection “ One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. ” — Epictetus Ink That Moves: Animated Manuscripts in Read more…
Image title: Head of a Central Asian Figure in a Pointed Cap Medium: Gypsum plaster; modeled, carved Date: 12th–early 13th century Source: The Met Collection “ Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ” — Laozi Chiseling the Cosmos: How Ancient Asian Sculptors Interpreted the Universe Read more…