Image title: The Musicians Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1597 Source: The Met Collection “ There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ” — Edith Wharton The Mirror Cracked: Self-Portraiture from Caravaggio to Cindy Sherman Introduction: Reflections Across Read more…
Image title: Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià Medium: Ivory, iron, brass, coal, traces of iron oxides Date: 16th century Source: The Met Collection “ As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the Read more…
Image title: Plate with trumpeter Medium: Ceramic, slip Date: 700–800 CE Source: The Met Collection “ The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives. ” — Louise Hay ‘Fossils of Expression’: Why Some Artists Paint Extinct Species Read more…
Image title: Quilt, Album pattern Medium: Cotton Date: begun 1846 Source: The Met Collection “ History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ” — Winston Churchill Off the Wall: A History of Art Made to Be Touched Introduction: Rethinking the Visual in Visual Read more…
Image title: Kneeling Black woman Medium: Brazilian rosewood; pedestal: lapis lazuli, marble and gilded metal Date: early 17th century Source: The Met Collection “ There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. ” — Marcus Aurelius Venus Was Black?: Reimagining Read more…
Image title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1891 Source: The Met Collection “ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ” — Seneca the Younger From Atom to Abstract: Quantum Physics Meets Color Field Painting Introduction: When Color Meets the Quantum Field Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ Pitching is the art of instilling fear. ” — Sandy Koufax Stitching Borders: The Radical Politics of Embroidered Protest Art Introduction: Needles as Weapons of Resistance Historically Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. ” — Epictetus “The Frame Is a Lie”: Meta-Artworks That Refuse to Read more…
Image title: Prayer in the Mosque Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1871 Source: The Met Collection Introduction: Kafka’s Shadow in Oil and Ink In the dim corridors of Cold War Eastern Europe, between the echoing typewriters and rubber stamps of endless paperwork, a distinct form of visual art emerged—one Read more…