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…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. ” — Martin Luther King Jr. Ultraviolet Truths: What Read more…
Image title: Holy Face Medium: Tempera and gold leaf on parchment that has been trimmed and laid down on thin walnut Date: ca. 1485–90 Source: The Met Collection “ ” — “Wrong” Proportions: Disability Representation in Medieval Manuscripts Introduction: A Reframed Perspective on Medieval Disability In the illuminated Read more…
Image title: Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale Medium: Fresco Date: ca. 50–40 BCE Source: The Met Collection “ Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them. ” — Sophocles Frescoes Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ” — Isocrates Fossils or Fakes? When Art Historians Play Archaeologist Introduction: Where Art Meets Read more…
Image title: The Horse Fair Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1852–55 Source: The Met Collection “ Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. ” — William James The Sculptor’s Silence: Why Ancient Greek Sculptures Never Open Their Mouths Read more…