Image title: Head of a Central Asian Figure in a Pointed Cap Medium: Gypsum plaster; modeled, carved Date: 12th–early 13th century Source: The Met Collection “ Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ” — Laozi Chiseling the Cosmos: How Ancient Asian Sculptors Interpreted the Universe Read more…
Image title: Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540) Medium: Tempera on wood, transferred from wood to canvas and then again to wood Date: 1510 Source: The Met Collection “ The world is but a canvas to the imagination. ” — Henry David Thoreau From Canvas to Console: Fine Art References in Video Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer and practice it. ” — Richard Bach Brushstrokes and Bureaucracy: The Secret Lives of State-Appointed Artists Introduction: Painting in the Shadow of Read more…
Image title: Paolo Giordano II Orsini, Duke of Bracciano Medium: Bronze, partially silvered Date: ca. 1632 Source: The Met Collection “ Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ” — Albert Einstein Beyond Bronze: Forgotten Mediums of Classical Sculpture Introduction: The Myth of Marble and Bronze Read more…
Image title: The Birth of the Virgin Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Date: 1467 Source: The Met Collection “ I can, therefore I am. ” — Simone Weil ‘I Paint Therefore I Am’: Cartesian Philosophy in Abstract Expressionism Introduction: A Brush with Philosophy The phrase “I think, Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. ” — Warren Buffett The Studio Inside the Prison: Read more…
Image title: Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1658 Source: The Met Collection “ Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things. Read more…
Image title: Saint Jerome in the Wilderness Medium: Marble Date: ca. 1470 Source: The Met Collection “ When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. ” — John F. Kennedy Written in Flesh: Tattooing as Sculpture in Read more…
Image title: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Medium: Oil on wood Date: ca. 1512–15 Source: The Met Collection “ He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world. ” — Marcus Aurelius Queer Chiaroscuro: Hidden Lives Illuminated in Renaissance Shadows Introduction: The Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ” — Mark Twain When Paper Ruled the World: The Secret Lives of Scroll Painters Across Asia Introduction: A World Unfolded Before the bound book Read more…