Image title: Night-Shining White Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper Date: ca. 750 Source: The Met Collection “ When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. ” — John F. Kennedy Ink as Rebellion: Underground Chinese Brush Painting Read more…
Image title: Rothschild lamp Medium: Bronze, on a later wood base Date: ca. 1510–20 Source: The Met Collection “ People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. ” — Eleanor Roosevelt ‘This Is Not a God’: Deconstructing Colonial Museum Displays Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world. ” Read more…
Image title: Heroic Landscape with Rainbow Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1824 Source: The Met Collection “ When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself. ” — The Buddha After Eden: Eco-Criticism in Contemporary Landscape Painting Introduction – The Green Read more…
Image title: A Vase of Flowers Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1716 Source: The Met Collection “ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ” — Seneca the Younger ‘Sculpt Me an Algorithm’: 3D Printing Meets Classical Proportion Systems Introduction: Old Ratios, New Realities In a luminous Read more…
Image title: Deity figure Medium: Pyroxene jadeite Date: 200–600 CE Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso Mythology Rewired: How Sci-Fi Artists are Redrawing Ancient Gods Introduction: The Fusion of Read more…
Image title: Charity Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1630 Source: The Met Collection “ In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. ” — William Blake Political Flesh: Sculpting Revolution in Postcolonial Africa Introduction: The Chisel of Sovereignty In the turbulent wake of Africa’s decolonization, Read more…
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…