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: “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: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ” — Jim Rohn Mirrors Read more…
Image title: Lupona (royal seat) Medium: Wood, metal studs Date: ca. 1840–1870 Source: The Met Collection “ Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf. ” — Albert Read more…
Image title: Musical Clock with Spinet and Organ Medium: Ebony, gliding, brass, silver gilt, gilt brass, iron, various wood and metals, wire, parchment and leather Date: ca. 1625 Source: The Met Collection “ A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes. ” Read more…
Image title: The Abduction of the Sabine Women Medium: Oil on canvas Date: probably 1633–34 Source: The Met Collection “ If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well. ” — Warren Buffett Women with Hammers: Rewriting Sculpture’s Gender Narrative Read more…
Image title: The Birth of the Virgin Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Date: 1467 Source: The Met Collection “ Pitching is the art of instilling fear. ” — Sandy Koufax “Black Mirrors”: The Surreal Symbolism of Reflective Surfaces in Art History Introduction: The Enigma of Reflection From Read more…
Image title: Perseus with the Head of Medusa Medium: Marble Date: 1804–6 Source: The Met Collection “ History is written by the victors. ” — Winston Churchill Ghosts in Marble: The Unfinished Sculptures of History Introduction: The Beauty of the Unfinished In the world of art, perfection is Read more…
Image title: Chair (Sgabello) Medium: Walnut, maple, ebony; ebonized wood, and fruitwood; traces of gilding and red paint Date: ca. 1489–91 Source: The Met Collection “ History is written by the victors. ” — Winston Churchill The Politics of Restoration: When Conservation Changes History Introduction: The Fragile Line Read more…
Image title: Saber Medium: Steel, gold, fish skin, wood Date: 1522–66 Source: The Met Collection “ Pitching is the art of instilling fear. ” — Sandy Koufax The Geometry of Faith: Islamic Art Beyond Ornamentation 1. The Sacred Language of Geometry Islamic art, often recognized by its mesmerizing Read more…