Victorious Youth; Unknown; Greece; 300 – 100 B.C.; Bronze with inlaid copper; 151.5 × 70 × 27.9...
Art History
J. Paul Getty at Jerash (ancient Gerasa) in Jordan, 1954. Institutional Archives, The Getty Research Institute. 5...
Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer), Early Classical Period, Roman marble copy after a Greek bronze original from c. 450-440 B.C.E....
By Dr. Renee M. Gondek Adjunct Professor of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion University of Mary Washington A...
10.14.2016 Appreciated today for its aesthetic qualities, color during the Middle Ages was also understood for its...
Courtesy of the YouTube channel Skunk Bear Transcript: You probably know that pencil lead isn’t actually...
Bible, about 1280–90, Bologna, Italy. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig I 11, fol. 248v Medieval...
Detail from one of Clarke’s illustrations for Faust by Goethe (1925), his own likeness used for the...
The newly discovered Ancient Roman floor mosaic covers an area of 60 square meters. Photo: TV grab...
Early-modern aristocrats flaunted their wealth—and the talent of their chefs—with elaborate monuments crafted from sugar By Anne...
Aerial view of the Sydney Opera House in its Sydney Harbour setting. Photo courtesy of the Sydney...
Men with dogs’ heads, creatures with giant feet, griffins, sirens and hellish demons can all be found...
Vénus aux forges de Vulcain, from Les Tentures de François Boucher Series, about 1775–1778; after painting by...
Studies for Shoe, Crying Bead, Oval Braid and Spinster Braid, 1978, Harmony Hammond. The Getty Research Institute,...
The Getty Villa in Malibu, completed in 1974, is modeled after an ancient Roman countryside home in...
Portrait of a Young Man in Red, about 1505, Circle of Raphael. Oil on panel, 26 1/2...
Bankers and Silk Merchants, from Vincent of Beauvais’ Mirror of History, Ghent, about 1475. Tempera colors and...
Initial A: Christ Wiping the Tears from the Eyes of the Saved, attributed to the Master of...
Some of the finest illuminated manuscripts in the world – treasures combining gold and precious pigments – will go...
By S.K. Narasimhan Sculpture The story of Indian art and sculpture dates back to the Indus...
Felling Trees on the Ile de Croissy (Massacre of the Innocents), 1847, Théodore Rousseau. Oil on canvas,...
In the galleries of Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts. Photo: Bryan C. Keene. All rights reserved...
The pilgrim’s manuscript (detail), ca. 968, Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China. Ink on paper,...
Mummy Portrait of a Woman (detail), A.D. 100–110, attributed to the Isidora Master. Encaustic on wood; gilt;...
Guiding (or Yinlu) Bodhisattva (detail), ca. 851–900 CE. Ink and pigments on silk with gold leaf. British...
Mosaic of a Lion Attacking an Onager, A.D. 150–200, Roman, made in Tunisia. Stone and glass tesserae,...
In the galleries of Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts. Photo: Bryan C. Keene. All rights reserved...
Mosaic Floor with a Boxing Scene, A.D. 175, Roman, found in Villelaure, France. Stone and glass tesserae,...
Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (1868), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. By Dr. Ricky J....
Details from Blue and White Dish with a Merchant Ship about 1510; Barlaam and Josaphat, 1469; and...