Stephen Sprouse – Dress – American – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/138356
graffiti motifs developed for his textiles that were frequently drawn in his own hand
graffiti motifs developed for his textiles that were frequently drawn in his own hand
The tools of the early Paleolithic period were often hand axes, but in later periods
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of Peace; Peace personified as a woman standing in a landscape holding the left hand
Deirdre Larkin, managing horticulturist of The Met Cloisters, discusses medlar and its significance in medieval gardens.
easily plucked, although they are still too hard and acerbic to be eaten out of hand
holding a large rectangular shield in front of his left leg; the weapon in his right hand
large rectangular shield that protects his entire body, and holding in his right hand
the elder saint, gesturing towards the outlined crucifix in the saint’s right hand
Since a mezzotint can be made more rapidly, and less expensively, than a line engraving (although it yields fewer impressions), it became a favorite means for the quick dissemination of timely images.
copper-plate it [the mezzotint] is done upon, when the artist first takes it into hand
Curator Barbara Drake Boehm looks at medieval representations of martyrs Saint Bartholomew and Saint Lawrence in honor of their August feast days.
At first glance, the saint appears to hold a tall window in one hand.
Subsequent castings and manipulations resulted in this machine-carved and hand-finished