Image title: “Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman”, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Date: dated 741 AH/1341 CE Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Read more…
Image title: Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456) Medium: Oil on oak Date: ca. 1470 Source: The Met Collection “ Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. ” — Albert Einstein Quantum Brushstrokes: How Read more…
Image title: The Dream of Aeneas Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1660–65 Source: The Met Collection “ The problem with Google is you have 360 degrees of omnidirectional information on a linear basis, but the algorithms for irony and ambiguity are not there. And those are the algorithms of Read more…
Image title: Salome Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1870 Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso Reclaiming Marble: African Artists Repurposing Colonial Monuments Introduction: From Colonial Weight to Creative Freedom Read more…
Image title: The Death of Socrates Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1787 Source: The Met Collection “ One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ” — Elbert Hubbard AI as Apprentice: What Renaissance Workshop Practices Teach Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ” — Jim Rohn Mirrors Read more…
Image title: The Birth of the Virgin Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Date: 1467 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Beyond the Halo: Revisiting Sacred Light in Byzantine and Cyber Art Introduction: Light Read more…
Image title: The Forest in Winter at Sunset Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1846–67 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Plastic Politics: How Environmental Crises Shape 21st-Century Art Materials Introduction: The New Material Read more…
Image title: Lupona (royal seat) Medium: Wood, metal studs Date: ca. 1840–1870 Source: The Met Collection “ Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf. ” — Albert Read more…
Image title: Musical Clock with Spinet and Organ Medium: Ebony, gliding, brass, silver gilt, gilt brass, iron, various wood and metals, wire, parchment and leather Date: ca. 1625 Source: The Met Collection “ A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes. ” Read more…