Boy with leaves and box – China – Qing dynasty (1644–1911) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60682
Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 219 Two boys each holding a lotus or a leaf in one hand
Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 219 Two boys each holding a lotus or a leaf in one hand
Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 219 Two boys each holding a lotus or a leaf in one hand
The Artist: For a biography of Jan van Eyck, see the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.The Paintings: In unusually tall, narrow paintings, the Crucifixion and Last Judgment emphasize the narrative features of these well-known biblical themes prophesied in Isaiah and related in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John for the Crucifixion, and in Deuteronomy and the Book of Revelation for the Last Judgment
Heinz Peters in "Zum New Yorker ‚Diptychon‘ der ‚Hand G‘."
The first major retrospective of the work of this virtuoso Netherlandish mannerist, comprising spectacular figural displays in prints and paintings, remarkable pen paintings on parchment, and vivid portraits in colored chalks and silverpoint.
A fall into burning coals when he was still a child left his right hand crippled,
This ivory box demonstrates the widespread popularity of contemporary literature and the centrality of narrative imagery to the adornment of courtly space. The current box is composed of six panels of ivory bound in a silver-gilt armature
In the third scene, the crowned duchess raises her hand in speech as another woman
of the Elephant ‚Alam KamanThe famous elephant immortalized here fell into the hands
inscription (in nasta’liq script in gold cartouche, possibly in Shah Jahan’s hand
Historic paper dolls from the Drawings and Prints collection tell a story of conspicuous consumption and evolving social values.
The unknown creators also hand-colored certain pieces, thereby personalizing them
Dado PanelThe room in Nishapur, Iran, from which this dado panel was excavated once had a lively scheme of painted decoration. The upper section of the wall was colored a deep red, beneath which was a short horizontal frieze of hexagons and diamonds, and a four-foot-high dado with alternating rectangular and square panels
One hypothesis is that the eye and hand symbols derived from representations of the
A portrait does not merely record someone’s features, however, but says something about who he or she is, offering a vivid sense of a real person’s presence.
The hand in the book confers an air of learned nonchalance on sitters both like and
In honor of WorldPride NYC and Camp: Notes on Fashion, we explore the history of camp culture’s trademark, the gesture known as „the camp pose.“
One arm is bent from the hip and the hand is turned back, which signals both power