Image title: Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià Medium: Ivory, iron, brass, coal, traces of iron oxides Date: 16th century Source: The Met Collection “ In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. ” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Carving Ice in the Desert: Ephemeral Sculptures Around the Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. ” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Built by Brushstroke: Architectural Fantasies from Paintings That Could Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter The Erosion Aesthetic: How Climate Collapse is Shaping Land-Based Art Today Introduction: A New Urgency in Earth’s Palette Read more…
Image title: The Birth of the Virgin Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Date: 1467 Source: The Met Collection “ With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. ” — Oprah Winfrey Painting with Light: Indigenous Australian Art’s Dialogue with Optical Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ” — Isocrates When Paintings Listen Back: Interactive Canvases and Sonic Art Read more…
Image title: Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement Medium: Tempera on wood Date: ca. 1440 Source: The Met Collection “ Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people. ” — Mary Read more…
Image title: Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540) Medium: Tempera on wood, transferred from wood to canvas and then again to wood Date: 1510 Source: The Met Collection “ The world is but a canvas to the imagination. ” — Henry David Thoreau From Canvas to Console: Fine Art References in Video Read more…
Image title: The Birth of the Virgin Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Date: 1467 Source: The Met Collection “ I can, therefore I am. ” — Simone Weil ‘I Paint Therefore I Am’: Cartesian Philosophy in Abstract Expressionism Introduction: A Brush with Philosophy The phrase “I think, Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. ” — Warren Buffett The Studio Inside the Prison: Read more…
Image title: Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1658 Source: The Met Collection “ Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things. Read more…