There was a desire for the continuity of the Roman decorative tradition and of the prestige attached...
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The daguerreotype was the first practice of photography to become popular in the United States. In 1848,...
While Varma’s subject matter of female musicians was not new, his choice of materials and style of...
The Chorrera were a group of cultures in the western lowlands united in part by a common...
Construction plans were hindered by sanctions and supply chain issues, forcing architects to come up with creative...
The material’s rich history is being traced using modern archaeology and materials science. Introduction Today, glass is...
Navigating the art of the past requires a different set of tools. Why Study Italian Renaissance Art?...
The United States in particular experienced a period of economic bounty after World War II. Consumer Products...
In 1943, farmers from the village of La Victoria discovered a cache of buried items, including the...
Seeing the feathered members of a Getty art collection through an expert’s eyes. Introduction As artistic styles...
The Roman-Byzantine Empire participated in extensive trade and diplomatic contacts with a wide range of societies. The...
The Byzantines found themselves in contact with an ever-expanding range of cultural groups. The treasury of the...
The myth of Laocoön dates back to the seventh century BCE as part of a series of...
Medieval images of Christian devotion could be found alongside images of mortal life, such as romantic love....
A number of important polities struggled for power, and rulers used steles to display their importance and...
Russian Constructivist artists were concerned with making a new socially productive, utilitarian art. Introduction Alexander Rodchenko’s 1928...
Rauschenberg’s work was ultimately a response to the saturation of electronic media in the 1960s. In 1970, Newsweek magazine...
The portrayal of bears in Russian folklore and heraldry and their use as a symbol of national...
The Roman house was, as is true today, where the nuclear family lived. When one thinks of...
What comes to your mind when you think of Latvia women? For a lot of people, it’s...
Non-religious public gatherings have been occurring for millennia, but it’s only in the recent centuries that dedicated...
Late-medieval and early modern northern European workshops operated on the principles of cooperative learning and collaboration. The...
The ancient Egyptians used the distinctive script known today as hieroglyphs for almost 4,000 years. Papyrus The...
We all have ideas, but very few of them are actually executed. The most important step in...
Lange was part of the bright patchwork of new ideas and new people that spelled the spirit...
The figure of Pitt exposed the implicated nature of neoclassical sculpture and transatlantic slavery. Abstract On July...
An online portfolio is a digital way to sell your skills, work, experience, and any other thing...
The 5,300-year-old mummy of Ötzi the Iceman was found 30 years ago with 61 tattoos on it....
For thousands of years, Native Americans left their artistic mark deep within caves in the American Southeast....
Why tattoos are often seen to be ‘trashy,’ a view likely influenced by colonialism. But they go...