The study of medieval drawings requires that we both expand and rethink our notion of what a drawing is and how it might be used.
saw and highlight how even in the medieval period, drawings testified to first-hand
To play the sesando, a musician uses the right hand to pluck the bass strings while
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,
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‘."
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
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Burgonet Desiderius Helmschmid Jörg Sigman ca. 1550–55 Gauntlet for the Right Hand
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
These changes are not "slips of hand" or "misunderstandings"; instead, they are positive
The pharaohs built their mortuary temples [in Thebes] and were buried in huge rock-cut tombs decorated with finely executed paintings or painted reliefs illustrating religious texts concerned with the afterlife.
Royal hand ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Ripe barley ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
shield at his left side, and aiming a short sword or dagger in his raised right hand
