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…
Image title: Young Man Holding a Book Medium: Oil on wood Date: ca. 1480 Source: The Met Collection “ Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ” — Franklin D. Roosevelt The Geometry of Read more…
Image title: Landscapes with poems Medium: Fifteen leaves from an album (1980.516.2a–c and 1981.4.1a–o) of eighteen leaves Date: 1688 Source: The Met Collection “ Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship. ” — Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ To lead people walk behind them. ” — Laozi ‘Afterlives of Color’: The Global Trade Routes Behind Renaissance Pigments Introduction: Color as Currency In the Renaissance world, Read more…
Image title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1891 Source: The Met Collection “ A rolling stone gathers no moss. ” — Publilius Syrus ‘Chisel Like a Woman’: Feminist Subversions in Stone from Egypt to Britain Introduction: Stone as a Gendered Medium Stone has Read more…
Image title: A Peasant Family Medium: Oil on copper Date: ca. 1640–48 Source: The Met Collection “ Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born. ” — Man Ray When Skulls Were Fashion Statements: Memento Mori in 17th-Century Dutch Jewelry Introduction: Vanity, Mortality, and Sparkle In Read more…
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: 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 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: 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…