Marriages, which were also mergers, were potentially explosive moments, and lavish festivities may have diffused some of the tensions that might arise between families over dowry arrangements and other touchy subjects.
daughter to the husband, expressed in the Latin phrase tradere filiam suam (to hand
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The benevolent yet firm hand of a patrician government produced a stable environment
The Artist: The Master of the Magdalen is the name given by Osvald Sirén (1922) to the anonymous artist who was active in the second half of the thirteenth century and painted a panel in the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence representing Saint Mary Magdalen and eight episodes of her life (fig
head is a fragment of a large painting of the Madonna and Child (whose blessing hand
Associate Curator Femke Speelberg recounts the interesting tale of a painting based on a cartoon by Michelangelo that was almost given away by raffle in 1735.
The painting is not by the hand of Michelangelo himself, but is based on a design
In February 2020, researchers, scientists, and contemporary artists convened to consider how AI impacts art and creativity.
On the other hand, Belongie realized that machine learning would eliminate certain
He originally held an object in his raised right hand; the fingers and thumb curl
“I wanted to be that commanding huntress, to live among a fleet of adoring nymphs and hounds and transform any man who crossed me.”
tall and pert-bosomed, accompanied by a dog or stag, a drawn bow or spear in her hand
This arresting portrait of an unidentified young Florentine is dated by most scholars to the 1530s. During that decade Bronzino was often engaged in painting members of a close-knit circle of acquaintances with whom he shared literary interests, and this sitter—who so conspicuously holds open a book—may be from among that group
Infrared reflectogram (detail: right hand and book) Fig. 4.
This arresting portrait of an unidentified young Florentine is dated by most scholars to the 1530s. During that decade Bronzino was often engaged in painting members of a close-knit circle of acquaintances with whom he shared literary interests, and this sitter—who so conspicuously holds open a book—may be from among that group
Infrared reflectogram (detail: right hand and book) Fig. 4.
55.121.10.7 verso–CalligraphyBy its scribe [i.e., Mir-‚Ali]One with the eyes of gazelleshunted the bird of my heart,Robbed me of steadfastness,robbed me, poor lover, of rest
another in the album (MMA fol. 23 v; pl. 15) reveals the superior mastery of this hand
