“ One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble. ” — The Buddha Underwater Canvases: Coral Reefs as Living Artworks Threatened by Climate Change Introduction: Nature’s Greatest Gallery Imagine descending below the ocean’s surface, leaving the world of framed Read more…
Image title: Statuette of Amun Medium: Gold Date: ca. 945–712 BCE Source: The Met Collection “ In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. ” — Carl Jung Cosmos on Skin: Tattoo as Fine Art Across Continents Introduction: The Human Canvas Long before Read more…
Image title: Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1780 Source: The Met Collection “ Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination. ” — John Dewey ‘Frankenstein Palettes’: Artworks Forged from Salvaged Science Read more…
Image title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1891 Source: The Met Collection “ ” — “Bioart” Revolution: Living Tissues as Creative Mediums Introduction: Blurring Boundaries Between Science and Art Imagine stepping into a gallery where sculptures pulse gently, their surfaces formed by multicolored Read more…
Image title: Paris Medium: Bronze, partially fire-gilt, silver inlay Date: ca. 1518–1524 Source: The Met Collection “ Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. ” — Albert Einstein #NoFilterRenaissance: Read more…
Image title: Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep Medium: Oil on copper Date: late 1640s Source: The Met Collection “ Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. ” — Augustine of Hippo Eco-Activist Art: When Land Becomes Canvas—and Protest Introduction: A World in Crisis, a Canvas Unfurled Read more…
Image title: Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1878 Source: The Met Collection “ It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. ” — Albert Einstein ‘Disposable Beauty’: Read more…
Image title: The Forest in Winter at Sunset Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1846–67 Source: The Met Collection “ Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ” — Isocrates ‘Recycled Visions’: Upcycling Trash into Urban Public Art Worldwide Introduction: Read more…
Image title: Vessel with mythological scene Medium: Ceramic, slip Date: 600–800 CE Source: The Met Collection “ To fly, we have to have resistance. ” — Maya Lin Postcolonial Clay: Ceramics as Resistance Across Latin America 1. Clay Before Colonization: The Sacred Material of the Americas Long before Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. ” — Henri Poincaré The Brushwork Genome: Decoding Artistic Style Through Data Science 1. The Evolution of Signature Styles In Read more…