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Art History
Portrait of a Man, about 100 B.C., found in Delos, Greece. Bronze, white paste, and dark stone,...
Eastman Kodak Advertisement for the Brownie Camera, c. 1900 By Dr. Juliana Kreinik / 08.09.2015 Art Historian,...
Day from Times of Day, 1805, Philipp Otto Runge. Printmakers: Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger and Johann Adolph Darnstedt. Etching and...
Cover and illustration from the copy of Bulwer-Lytton’s The Last Days of Pompeii in the special collections of the...
Engagement Ring with a Greek Inscription, about A.D. 1175–1300. Gold and enamel, 1 3/16 in. diam. Image...
In early modern Europe, melted sugar became its own dizzyingly complex artistic medium. By Dr. Darra Goldstein...
Suzanne Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, Jacques-Louis David, 1804. Oil on canvas, 23 2/4 x 19 1/2 in....
Initial P: The Marriage of Gillion and His First Wife, Marie; Initial A: Gillion and Marie Embrace in...
Gravestone of Pollis, Greek, made in Megara, about 480 B.C. Marble, 60 1/4 in. high. The J....
Pair of Wristbands with Birds and Palmettes, Greek, made in Constantinople, 800s–900s. Gold with granulated decoration and...
Athenian black-gloss drinking cup (bolsal), about 400 B.C. Terracotta, 11 in. diam. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016.79.1,...
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea, 1805, Simone Pomardi. Sepia, Sepia, 21 5/8 x 29 1/8...
Untitled (Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, The Vexed Man, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA), 2008, Ken Gonzales-Day. Chromogenic...
By Erin Branham / 10.07.2012 Education Specialist for Family Programs Getty Villa I’m a fan of religion. That sounds glib,...
The archaeological site at Knossos, with restored rooms in the background, Crete (photo: Jebulon, public domain) By Dr....
Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate 1 – Before 1279 CE 1.1 – Three Kingdoms Period 1.1.1...
The Genius of Lithography, 1819, Nicolas Henri Jacob (French, 1781–1871), lithographer. Lithograph, 19.2 x 16.4 cm (sheet...
Paleographers at work: Participants in the Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography at the Getty Research Institute...
Through this remarkable document, one of the world’s great rulers speaks across 2,500 years. By Annelisa Stephan...
The Cyrus Cylinder, Achaemenid, after 539 B.C. Terracotta, 22.9 x 10 cm. The British Museum The need-to-knows about...
ひろしま/hiroshima #9 (Ogawa Ritsu), 2007, Ishiuchi Miyako. Chromogenic print. © Ishiuchi Miyako 70 years after the bombing...
Gold Chain and Amulet (detail of amulet), A.D. 600s, Byzantine, made in Lesbos, Greece. Gold. Image courtesy...
Plaque with the Life of Achilles (one of three), about A.D. 300–350, made in Constantinople or Thessaloniki;...
Postmen of the Wilderness by Arthur Heming, first published in his Drama of the Forests (1921) — Internet Archive Abigail Walthausen...
Photograph of a Sinhalese woman by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1875 – Flickr, Creative Commons Leaving her close-knit artistic...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.24.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – Early Indus Valley Civilizations 1.1...
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England, begun 1220. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris By Valerie Spanswick / 08.08.2015...
Conservators working in the tomb of Nefertari. Photo: Guillermo Aldana Newly catalogued archives document years of conservation...
A masterpiece of boozy kitsch bites the dust: the sadly closed Bahooka Restaurant and Tiki Bar, formerly...