Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ There never was a good knife made of bad steel. ” — Benjamin Franklin Cold Steel & Soft Flesh: The Feminine Body in Soviet Monumental Sculpture Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. ” — Abraham Lincoln Draped Universes: The Philosophy Behind Fabric Read more…
Image title: Bronze figure of a boy in Eastern dress Medium: Bronze Date: mid-late 1st century BCE Source: The Met Collection “ In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is Read more…
Image title: Monumental vase Medium: Russian malachite, composite filling material; gilt-bronze mounts; bronze pedestal Date: lapidary work: early 19th century; pedestal and mounts: 1819 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter The Sculpted State: Monumental Art Read more…
Image title: The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right Medium: Black chalk, charcoal, and red chalk, with some traces of white chalk (?); some remains of framing lines in pen and brown ink at upper right (not by Leonardo) Date: 1510–13 Source: The Met Collection “ Read more…
Image title: Paris Medium: Bronze, partially fire-gilt, silver inlay Date: ca. 1518–1524 Source: The Met Collection “ The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. ” — Albert Einstein The Bronze Dilemma: Why Ancient Sculptures Rarely Survive Read more…
Image title: The Jabach Family Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1660 Source: The Met Collection “ It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ” — Tony Robbins The Celestial Brush: How Astronomy Shaped Sacred Indian Miniatures Introduction: A Universe on Canvas In Read more…
Image title: The Musicians Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1597 Source: The Met Collection “ The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. ” — Thomas Paine ‘Oil is My Weapon’: Caravaggio’s Guerrilla Realism Explained Introduction: The Rebel with Read more…
Image title: Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido Medium: Marble (Carrara marble) Date: ca. 1175 Source: The Met Collection “ The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ” — Mark Twain Melted Stone: The Secret History of Softness in Sculpture Introduction: When Stone Breathes Read more…
Image title: The Fortune-Teller Medium: Oil on canvas Date: probably 1630s Source: The Met Collection “ Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. ” — Ralph Waldo Emerson The Communist Palette: Color Theory Behind the Iron Curtain Introduction: Beyond the Greyscale of Ideology Read more…