By the eleventh century, the appearance of icons changed, incorporating more narrative elements and expressing poignant emotions (63.68.1-.13).
description of an icon of the Crucifixion: “But as the [divine] force moved the painter’s hand
Avenue in Gallery 207 This animal pen is populated with goats, tended to with one hand
figure’s attributes confirm his identity: the cross held in his proper right hand
Giovanni Battista Milanesi (d. 1577) ; descended in the Covoni Milanesi family , in the same location (until at least 1674) ; [ Ugo Bardini , Florence (until at least 1963) ] ; [ Luca Fortini Gobbo , Florence (until 1967; sold to MMA) ]
Gallery 534 This Temperance is identified by the items she holds: a bridle in one hand
Michael Gallagher discusses the next steps in the conservation of the Museum’s newly acquired Jabach portrait.
one each top and bottom; and two vertical bands, one each at the left- and right-hand
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(table en chiffonière) Bernard II van Risenburgh ca. 1760 Study of the left hand
analogy with other statuettes of this type, he may have held his club in his left hand
Folio from the Anonymous Bagdad Qur’anThis illuminated folio and folio no. 55.44 come from different sections of one of the acknowledged masterpieces of calligraphy and book production in the Islamic world
while Ibn Aibak managed to illuminate only four of them.[3] This folio is the right-hand
Art demonstrates both the scope and the limits of Roman influence, for the circulation of materials, methods, objects, and art forms created a certain cultural unity, and yet in each place, the persistence of local customs ensured the survival of cultural diversity.
Romanization went hand in hand with economic prosperity, as the city of Rome looked
In ancient Egypt, objects created with faience were considered magical, filled with the undying shimmer of the sun, and imbued with the powers of rebirth.
Small amulets and beads could be formed by hand-modeling, but one of the most common
