Image title: Fish hacha Medium: Stone, shell, traces of plaster, pigment Date: 600–900 CE Source: The Met Collection “ Pitching is the art of instilling fear. ” — Sandy Koufax ‘Smell This Painting’: The Lost Scent Worlds of Classical Art Introduction: Unlocking the Forgotten Sense Visual art has Read more…
Image title: Rothschild lamp Medium: Bronze, on a later wood base Date: ca. 1510–20 Source: The Met Collection “ People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. ” — Eleanor Roosevelt ‘This Is Not a God’: Deconstructing Colonial Museum Displays Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both. ” — Fawn M. Brodie 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 most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world. ” Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 Source: The Met Collection “ Sports do not build character. They reveal it. ” — Heywood Broun Ultraviolet Saints: What Hidden Layers in Medieval Paintings Reveal Introduction: Shedding New Light on Read more…
Image title: Heroic Landscape with Rainbow Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1824 Source: The Met Collection “ When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself. ” — The Buddha After Eden: Eco-Criticism in Contemporary Landscape Painting Introduction – The Green Read more…
Image title: A Vase of Flowers Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1716 Source: The Met Collection “ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ” — Seneca the Younger ‘Sculpt Me an Algorithm’: 3D Printing Meets Classical Proportion Systems Introduction: Old Ratios, New Realities In a luminous Read more…
Image title: Deity figure Medium: Pyroxene jadeite Date: 200–600 CE Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso Mythology Rewired: How Sci-Fi Artists are Redrawing Ancient Gods Introduction: The Fusion of Read more…
Image title: The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross Medium: Oil and gold on fir Date: ca. 1510 Source: The Met Collection “ The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all. ” — Ovid Invisible Masters: The Hidden Hands Behind Renaissance Workshops Introduction: Read more…
Image title: Charity Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1630 Source: The Met Collection “ In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. ” — William Blake Political Flesh: Sculpting Revolution in Postcolonial Africa Introduction: The Chisel of Sovereignty In the turbulent wake of Africa’s decolonization, Read more…