Alfred Stieglitz returned to New York in 1890 determined to prove that photography was a medium as capable of artistic expression as painting or sculpture.
elaborate, labor-intensive techniques that underscored the role of the photographer’s hand
New York City, 1878–Cambridge, Mass., 1965
classicist work on paper A Mother Holding a Child and Four Studies of Her Right Hand
The ancient Greeks were active seafarers seeking opportunities for trade and founding new independent cities at coastal sites across the Mediterranean Sea.
On the other hand, the Greek colonies in Sicily and southern Italy, a region known
Commissioned by Érèsoyẹ̀n (r. ca. 1735–50), Benin City; by descent to Òvá»�Ì�nránmwẹ̀ (r. 1889–97); taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; (Henry Stevens, Stevens Auction Rooms, London, 1898); Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset, UK, 1898–1972; [K
, a second elephant most likely represents the ezomo; his trunk ends in a human hand
Technical examinations of stone statues in the Egyptian collection sometimes reveal evidence for the use of modern coatings, usually applied in the early to middle 20th century, to „enhance“ an uneven or damaged ancient surface
"A Bird in Hand: the Miho God Reassessed."
Excavated by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 1920. Acquired by Lord Carnarvon in the division of finds; Carnarvon Collection, 1920–1926. Purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926.
The scene was drawn with great economy of line by the confident hand of a skilled
shown seated in front of an offering table with a jar for a sacred oil in his left hand
Private collection, Europe (said to have been found in the Caucasus region in the 1920s; by the early 1970s–2010 (per Sotheby’s sale catalogue, p. 102); Arts of the Islamic World sale, Sotheby’s, London, October 6, 2010, no
reproduced on the helmets, and it is thus likely that the designs were created by hand
des Turks (Customs and Fashions of the Turks) Inscription: Inscribed by an early hand
The Location of Perneb’s Tomb For millennia, the vast cemetery of Saqqara (about twenty-five miles south of Cairo) was the burial ground for Memphis, ancient Egypt’s capital. In an especially crowded section, just north of the enclosure around King Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara (built during Dynasty 3, ca
"The Mark of a Second Hand on Ancient Egyptian Antiquities."
