Image title: Whistling vessel Medium: Ceramic Date: 400–500 CE Source: The Met Collection “ You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. ” — Jon Kabat-Zinn The Sculptor’s Pulse: How Contemporary Artists Carve with Sound Waves Introduction: Sculpting Beyond Sight and Touch In the 21st Read more…
Image title: The Musicians Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1597 Source: The Met Collection “ The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. ” — Thomas Paine ‘Oil is My Weapon’: Caravaggio’s Guerrilla Realism Explained Introduction: The Rebel with Read more…
Image title: Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià Medium: Ivory, iron, brass, coal, traces of iron oxides Date: 16th century Source: The Met Collection “ In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. ” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Carving Ice in the Desert: Ephemeral Sculptures Around the Read more…
Image title: Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido Medium: Marble (Carrara marble) Date: ca. 1175 Source: The Met Collection “ The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ” — Mark Twain Melted Stone: The Secret History of Softness in Sculpture Introduction: When Stone Breathes Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. ” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Built by Brushstroke: Architectural Fantasies from Paintings That Could Read more…
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…