Via dell’ Abbondanza, Pompeii / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Diana E.E. Kleiner / 01.27.2009 Dunham Professor,...
Art History
Explore art across cultures and centuries, following the people who created it and the societies that gave it meaning. These histories examine how images, objects, monuments, and built spaces preserved belief, displayed power, challenged convention, and reshaped human perception.
By Dr. Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi / 01.06.2017Historian of Art and Architecture The Shahnama This sumptuous page, The Court...
By Christine Sciacca / 11.23.2015 Curator of Manuscripts J. Paul Getty Museum When most people think of...
By Carole Raddato / 03.13.2016 Historian On a recent trip to Southern Spain, I travelled along the...
By Dr. Deborah L. Krohn / 03.02.2016 Associate Professor of Art History Director of Masters Studies Coordinator...
By Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker / 12.28.2016 Mediterranean Archaeologist Sardinia The island of Sardinia is the second...
How could this unusual object be a table? By Tristan Bravinder / 08.29.2016 Social Media Producer Getty...
House of Cuspius Pansa, Pompeii / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Diana E.E. Kleiner / 01.22.2009 Dunham...
The Obelisk of Antinous (aslo known as the Pincian Obelisk or Barberini Obelisk) in its current location...
By Isabella Zuralski / 12.02.2014 Senior Special Collections Cataloguer Getty Research Institute The difference between “German drawings”...
Temple of Portunus (Temple of Fortuna Virilis), Rome, 3rd-4th century BCE / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr....
Chrysler Building, photo: David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Paul A. Ranogajec / 01.02.2017 Professor of...
Page from the Codex Zouche-Nuttall, 1200–1521 A.D., Mixtec. Painted deer skin, 19 x 23.5 cm. / The...
Interior and sub-floor design of the Roman Colosseum, 70-72 CE / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Diana...
Prambanan temple ruins, built c.mid-9th century CE / Wikimedia Commons By Mark Cartwright / 12.19.2016 Historian Adisthana –...
Triumph of Bacchus, about 1560, design by Giovanni da Udine under the supervision of Raphael; woven at...
Image from Art Institute of Chicago Museum What is Art? Overview Art is a highly diverse range...
What happened to the dragons? Gary L Jones/Shutterstock By Dr. Simon Werrett / 12.31.2014 Senior Lecturer in...
By Carole Raddato / 12.27.2016 Historian Although mentioned several times in the Biblical texts, the actual existence...
The Sassanian Empire By Angela Costello / 08.17.2016 University of New Hampshire My research involved parsing the...
By Joey Lee and KangJing / 04.22.2016 Minasan Kon’nichiwa! Many of us would know that Japan is...
Detail, Man’s Prestige Cloth, early 20th century, Akan peoples, Asante group, silk and cotton, 289.6 x 172.7...
Inscription at the Theatre of Lepcis Magna / Wikimedia Commons 06.13.2016 When we think of ancient inscriptions...
Native American offers hands-on insights into centuries-old artistry By Jill Radsken / 12.13.2016 With her small, strong...
The Shroud of Charlemagne. Manufactured in Constantinople in 814. / 12th century Byzantine silk, the basis of...
A 3D model of an East Greek wine jug. Image © Ure Museum. By Dr. James Lloyd...
Berlin Gold Hat Detail. / Wikimedia Commons By Jen Brown / 11.26.2016 Historian After viewing thousands of...
The Temple of Hadrian on Curetes Street, Ephesus, Turkey By Carole Raddato / 11.16.2015 The Temple of...
The Peacock Stage (detail), attributed to Jörg Breu the Elder, (German, ca. 1475–1537). Miniature from the illuminated...
Born from Romantic medievalism and shaped by religion, nationalism, and resistance to industrial modernity, Gothic Revival architecture...