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.
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,
During the last three centuries of the Republic, Rome became a metropolis and the capital city of a vast expanse of territory acquired piecemeal through conquest and diplomacy.
Sword and Scabbard Celtic ca. 60 BCE Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P.
While earlier artists focused on creating an illusion of architectural depth with solid architectural forms, the artists at Boscotrecase presented the idea with whimsical, attenuated, and highly refined elements.
Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern, 1990.
Medusa is a deadly and cryptic other, but she is also ubiquitous, with an undeniable energy that inspired artists to repeat her semblance and story in diverse ways across literature, lore, and art through ancient Greece, Rome, and beyond.
She is present as the central decoration on many vases ( 06.1021.246a,b), as well
Persons from all walks of life made religious journeys, with far-reaching consequences for society and culture as a whole.
required to enshrine the holy objects ( 53.19.2); ( 47.101.33); ( 17.190.352a,b)
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)
See especially cat. no. 103, p. 195.
action, basso continuo, clavichord, canzona, fantasia, fipple, harpsichord, luthier, motet, octave, organ, polyphony, sordellina, viol, viola, violoncello
Antonio Stradivari 1694 Musette Baroque Unknown ca. 1700 Soprano Recorder in B
For Europeans, access to newly discovered parts of the world produced a culture that marked the unfamiliar and foreign as signifiers of wealth and status.
which represents the Portuguese traders newly arrived on their shores ( 1972.63a, b)
