Image title: “The Feast of Sada”, Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper Date: ca. 1525 Source: The Met Collection “ Just as a flower, which seems beautiful has color but no perfume, so are the Read more…
Image title: The Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy Medium: Tempera, grisaille, ink, and gold on vellum Date: before 1349 Source: The Met Collection “ Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. ” — Dan Read more…
Image title: The Penitence of Saint Jerome Medium: Oil on wood Date: ca. 1515 Source: The Met Collection “ Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten. ” — Aesop Lacquer, Ink, and Gods: The Forgotten Visual Cultures of Edo Japan Introduction: A World in Detail In the annals Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 Source: The Met Collection “ Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. ” — Theodore Roosevelt Mapping the Stars on Canvas: Celestial Charts as Early Data Visualization Read more…
Image title: Cherry Blossom Viewing at Itsukushima and Yoshino Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper Date: first half 17th century Source: The Met Collection “ I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing Read more…
Image title: Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children Medium: Marble Date: ca. 1616–17 Source: The Met Collection “ Think as a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. ” — William Butler Yeats The Clay Codes of Ur: Sculpting Language in Ancient Mesopotamia Introduction: Words Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 Source: The Met Collection “ The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself. ” — Anaïs Nin Beyond the Frame: Hidden Narratives in Mughal Empire Miniature Paintings Introduction: Read more…
Image title: Vase (vase chinois) (one of a pair) Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in black enamel, platinum, two tones of gold; gilt metal; interior metal rod Date: 1791 Source: The Met Collection “ Sports do not build character. They reveal it. ” — Heywood Broun Clay Archives: What Ancient Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. ” — William Blake The Painted Cosmos: Astronomical Imagery in Medieval Read more…
Image title: Sash Medium: Camelid hair Date: 10th–15th century Source: The Met Collection “ Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick. ” — Bruce Lee When Weavings Speak: The Visual Rhetoric of Andean Khipus as Proto-Art Introduction: The Read more…