Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 Source: The Met Collection “ Pitching is the art of instilling fear. ” — Sandy Koufax The Shifting Canvas: Epochs of Transformation in Visual Art History Introduction: Art’s Evolving Horizons Visual Read more…
Image title: Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de’ Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas Medium: Tempera and gold on wood Date: ca. 1420–30 Source: The Met Collection “ Never mistake motion for action. ” — Ernest Hemingway From Fresco to Frame-by-Frame: Renaissance Motion Before Cinema Introduction: The Read more…
Image title: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1788 Source: The Met Collection “ Pitching is the art of instilling fear. ” — Sandy Koufax Rebel Pigments: The Chemistry of Color Revolutions in Art History 1. Read more…
Image title: Vessel with mythological scene Medium: Ceramic, slip Date: 600–800 CE Source: The Met Collection “ To fly, we have to have resistance. ” — Maya Lin Postcolonial Clay: Ceramics as Resistance Across Latin America 1. Clay Before Colonization: The Sacred Material of the Americas Long before Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. ” — Henri Poincaré The Brushwork Genome: Decoding Artistic Style Through Data Science 1. The Evolution of Signature Styles In Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. ” — Herman Melville The Sensory Museum: Rethinking Exhibition Design Beyond Sight Introduction: Awakening the Multisensory Museum Read more…
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…