Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ” — Isocrates Fossils or Fakes? When Art Historians Play Archaeologist Introduction: Where Art Meets Read more…
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 ‘Palettes Behind Bars’: Prison Art Movements That Changed National Narratives Read more…
Image title: Siren Medium: Bronze Date: ca. 1600 Source: The Met Collection “ In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge. ” — François de La Rochefoucauld ‘More Than Skin Deep’: Tattooing as Portable Sculpture Across Cultures Introduction: Rethinking the Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. ” — Anaïs Nin ‘Sonification’ as Sculpture: Turning Read more…
Image title: The Horse Fair Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1852–55 Source: The Met Collection “ Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. ” — William James The Sculptor’s Silence: Why Ancient Greek Sculptures Never Open Their Mouths Read more…
Image title: Mars and Venus United by Love Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1570s Source: The Met Collection “ Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ” — Kahlil Gibran Venus on Mars: Rewriting Feminine Beauty Through Sci-Fi Aesthetics Introduction: Beyond the Read more…
Image title: Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1658 Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso Data-Driven Deities: AI Artists Reimagine Mythology for the Algorithm Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ There never was a good knife made of bad steel. ” — Benjamin Franklin Cold Steel & Soft Flesh: The Feminine Body in Soviet Monumental Sculpture Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. ” — Abraham Lincoln Draped Universes: The Philosophy Behind Fabric Read more…
Image title: Miniature tabard Medium: Cotton, camelid hair, silk, metal Date: 1600–1700 Source: The Met Collection “ If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well. ” — Warren Buffett Knots, Threads, and Resistance: The Radical Textiles of Latin American Read more…