Image title: Paolo Giordano II Orsini, Duke of Bracciano Medium: Bronze, partially silvered Date: ca. 1632 Source: The Met Collection “ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ” — Seneca the Younger The Sculpted Mind: Neuroscience Meets Marble in Bernini’s Works Introduction: A Mind Carved in Read more…
Image title: Kneeling Black woman Medium: Brazilian rosewood; pedestal: lapis lazuli, marble and gilded metal Date: early 17th century Source: The Met Collection “ There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. ” — Marcus Aurelius Venus Was Black?: Reimagining Read more…
Image title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1891 Source: The Met Collection “ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ” — Seneca the Younger From Atom to Abstract: Quantum Physics Meets Color Field Painting Introduction: When Color Meets the Quantum Field Read more…
Image title: Eagle relief Medium: Andesite or dacite, Maya blue, stucco, red pigment Date: 900–1200 CE Source: The Met Collection “ The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. ” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Maya Blue and Other Sacred Colors Lost to Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ Pitching is the art of instilling fear. ” — Sandy Koufax Stitching Borders: The Radical Politics of Embroidered Protest Art Introduction: Needles as Weapons of Resistance Historically Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. ” — Epictetus “The Frame Is a Lie”: Meta-Artworks That Refuse to Read more…
Image title: Barberini Cabinet Medium: Oak and poplar veneered with various exotic hardwoods, with ebony moldings and plaques of marble, slate (paragon); pietre dure work consisting of colored marbles, rock crystal, and various hardstones Date: ca. 1606–23 Source: The Met Collection “ When in doubt, don’t. ” — Benjamin Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 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 The Unknown Muses: Forgotten Read more…
Image title: The Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche Medium: Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt Date: 1558 Source: The Met Collection Introduction: Shimmering Devotion and the Touch of Desire In the cool chapels and candlelit alcoves of medieval Europe, there flickered not only the light of religious devotion Read more…
Image title: Prayer in the Mosque Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1871 Source: The Met Collection Introduction: Kafka’s Shadow in Oil and Ink In the dim corridors of Cold War Eastern Europe, between the echoing typewriters and rubber stamps of endless paperwork, a distinct form of visual art emerged—one Read more…