The violent sacking and pillaging of Benin City by the British in 1897 was framed as a...
Art
Artists, like the majority of those born outside privileged circles, had to work for a living. Introduction...
The Ben Ezra Synagogue was founded in 1006, and has been revered from that time to the...
This object speaks to the relationship of artistic production and global trade in the modern world. Introduction...
Cultural ideas, art traditions, and aesthetic tastes informed objects made and traded on the ancient Silk Road....
A tradition of the subjects sitting in the guise of historical, mythical, or allegorical subjects. By Robert...
Buddhist and Jain institutions tried to appropriate independent nature deities and cults into their metaphysical systems. Mythological...
The shell motif here makes a unique appearance in Rembrandt’s oeuvre. In 1972 a specimen of Rembrandt’s...
The overlapping forces at play behind pioneering color photography in the early 20th-century Russian Empire. This article,...
Introduction In today’s digital age, content creators play a vital role in shaping the online landscape. Whether...
Over 8 million Truman Library visitors have encountered the exhibit since it was completed in 1961. The...
Eadweard Muybridge traveled to Panama and Guatemala in 1875, where he engaged in some questionable practices. Introduction...
How the creative community currently is using artificial intelligence (AI) to create original works. Originally published by...
When language is in the driver’s seat of making art, it erects a barrier between the artist...
It takes a lot of steps – and help from other people – to make a physical...
Female-centered imagery and social media are battlegrounds of resistance and oppression. Introduction Modern protest movements, like the ongoing...
The Bache album has resulted in many more being identified, cataloged, and made public. It’s 1804 and...
The Met has been slow to ask tribes for information about the items. Introduction Stepping into the Metropolitan...
From ancient times to modern fashion, men’s rings have served as symbols of power, wealth, and personal...
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...