From ancient times to modern fashion, men’s rings have served as symbols of power, wealth, and personal...
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Tlaxcala as a community and city played an interesting role in Mesoamerican history. Introduction Two men hold...
Investigating the earliest iconographic examples of writing practice given blurred boundaries between art and script. Introduction In...
Interpretation of both the archaeological finds and the descriptions found in the written sources. Abstract Golden textiles1...
How works by modern artists express the traditions, objects, and materials of the Nile Valley’s ancient cultures....
The color Black and even Black or Blackened skin held positive connotations in Mesoamerican worldview. Introduction A...
African arts have always played a central role in their communities. Introduction Traditional African art, which generally...
Joining and sealing documents from the 17th to 19th centuries. A Seal – or Not? A small,...
It is a masterpiece of propaganda—a work that amplified the goals of the Chinese Communist Party. Introduction...
Yosemite Valley and the Sierras became a career- and life-altering place for Adams. A keen landscape photographer,...
In 1972, Hiser was one of several photographers chosen by the EPA to document locations in the...
From Ancient Greek “memory palaces” to symbols, pictures, annotations, and rhymes. The author explores some of the...
The Antwerp animal specialist Joannes Fyt (1611–1661) produced several depictions of Aesopic fables in nature. Introduction notable...
Her work makes statements about consumption, globalism, and conservation. Introduction I am obsessed with plastic objects. I...
Practicing one’s trade in a Renaissance republic generally required required membership or approval. Working for the Man...
From a first encounter between Europeans and Inuit to the scientific examination of the natural world. Originally...
The title Porter gave his memoir aptly describes how intensely he felt the lure of the North....
Many of Dubreuil’s American pictures are contrived to be indirect in their meaning. This article, Illusory Wealth:...
His ultimate goal was to educate the schoolchildren of Russia with his “optical color projections” of history....
Before the internet meme, there were posters. Once upon a time, posters full of dazzling images and...
Combining a scene of the plague with a broad-reaching allegory, the painting was relevant for decades to...
The art and architecture produced by independent states between the 14th and 16th centuries. Introduction Mosques, tombstones,...
Sarah Mapps Douglass features prominently in the history of Philadelphia’s nineteenth-century free Black elite. Introduction Sometime in...
While Varma’s subject matter of female musicians was not new, his choice of materials and style of...
Rivera made a case for the importance of artists in furthering the revolutionary project. Introduction Do you...
Civic architecture grew in importance equal to ecclesiastic construction as the Middle Ages progressed. Introduction Gothic architecture is...
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Setting the Trend...
Many styles had local variations in response to different climates, material availability, and personal needs. Introduction American...
Medieval artists possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of the creatures they imagined. Every culture and civilization throughout history,...
Ceremonial objects have long been an essential element of Jewish visual culture. Introduction From cradle to grave,...