Research Assistant Jeffrey Fraiman sits down with scholar James M. Saslow to discuss Michelangelo’s practice as a poet, the meaning of his gift drawings, and the study of the artist’s homoeroticism since his death in 1564.
in high art of one man declaring his passion for another in such a confessional manner
Bibliography of The Met’s Paper Conservation department
Shelley, Marjorie. “Painting in the Dry Manner: The Flourishing of Pastel in 18th-Century
[probably Ambroise Vollard, Paris, by 1895–until 1896; stock book B, no. 3451, as „maisons étagées,“ sold on February 27, 1896 to Costa]; probably count Enrico Costa (from 1896); [Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1904/6–until 1924; sold on February 12, 1924 to Thannhauser]; [Justin K
1972], p. 225, fig. 16-8 (color), calls it an example of Cézanne’s "constructive manner
The Picture: A vase of flowers stands on a stone socle, its contents spilling forth from the surrounding alcove. Visible on the heavily shadowed vase, perhaps made of terracotta or gilt bronze, are the plump figure of a reclining putto, vegetable ornamentation, and a grotesque face
at any moment,� as well as “the ants, the snails, the butterflies, and all manner
versions "pell-mell, deliberately anarchic" that is transformed to "a pedantic manner
The Damascus Room is a residential reception chamber (qaʿa) typical of the late Ottoman period in Damascus, Syria.
Illustration from An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians by
The Painting: This very unusual mixed-media picture shows a rehearsal for a ballet. The view is from a slightly elevated point above the orchestra pit; the scrolls of two double basses are just visible in the foreground, radically cropped at the bottom of the canvas
rejected for submission to the "Illustrated London News" and later added to in a manner
Description of the China: Through the Looking Glass galleries
theorist Walter Benjamin, who in a 1928 essay describes her in a richly evocative manner
Greuze was of modest birth, the son of a roofer. He received his early training in Lyons and in Paris studied drawing with Charles Joseph Natoire. In 1755, after he was accepted as a candidate member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in the category of genre painter, Greuze presented five works for exhibition at the Salon
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, Tournus 1725–1805 Paris) ca. 1760–80 Girl’s Head Manner
The Painting: In his mid-fifties and at the height of his career, Paul Cézanne began a series of paintings, drawings, and watercolors of card players. The unprecedented repetition of the theme of card players and the monumental scale at which he chose to work in two of the later canvases demonstrate the significance of the project for him
The painter worked in a conventional manner, scaling up to work on a canvas almost
