The site of Mal’ta, for which the culture is named, is composed of a series of subterranean houses made of large animal bones and reindeer antler.
Metropolitan Museum of Art October 2000 Further Reading Derev’anko, Anatoliy P.
Reception Room (Qa’a)This interior, a splendid example of a wood-paneled reception chamber (qa‘a) from a private house in Damascus, is among the earliest extant, nearly complete interiors of its kind, dated by an inscription to A
Daskalakis-Mathews 1997, p. 133. 10.
Along with his studies at the Islamic city of Samarra, [Herzfeld’s] research at Persepolis is the best known work of his career.
In Encyclopedia Iranica, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/herzfeld-ernst-iii
The Background: Between 1649 and 1651, Velázquez travelled to Italy for the second and last time in his life. The main purpose of the trip was to buy paintings and sculptures for King Philip IV of Spain, and while he was in Rome, the painter also received the prestigious commission to portray Pope Innocent X (the canvas is now in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome)
B. Ponfredi sobre la pintura española].
As the centuries passed, the structures of the North Acropolis were built ever larger and more massive.
Sharer, Robert J., with Loa P. Traxler. The Ancient Maya. 6th ed.
The organic shapes, in particular, suggest that anatomical study and dissection played a significant part in the development of the characteristic idiom of the Auricular Style.
many other treasures found in a so-called Kunst- und Wunderkammer ( 17.190.622a,b)
While the actual significance of these structures is unknown, Mesopotamian gods were often linked with the eastern mountains, and ziggurats may have represented their lofty homes.
Leonard, and P. R. S. Moorey. Ur ‚of the Chaldees.‘ Rev. ed.
Creative Art 10 (March 1932), p. 200, ill. p. 195. Georges Rivière.
Drawn to universities and large cities, Franciscan and Dominican friars lived and preached among the people, supporting themselves by working and begging for food.
1280–1300 Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P,
Provenance Information: Purchased from Galaxie Art & Gift Company, Hong Kong, by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York, in 1991; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, New York from 1991 to 2015, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1997 until donation to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art., 1991, p. 19, fig. 6; published on The
