Often inscribed with the rulers’ names, as well as with dates and sites of production, these textiles provide a window into the political and religious life of early Islam.
"Between Life and Death: The Funerary Context of Tiraz Textiles" and "Towards a Model
The Gupta period, from the fourth to the sixth century A.D., in northern India, sometimes referred to as a Golden Age, witnessed the creation of an “ideal image” of the Buddha.
With their downward glance and spiritual aura, Gupta Buddhas became the model for
create this exceptional king of the beasts, the artist first made a rough clay model
. 2, pl. 98, observes that "Anna Brueghel, the artist’s wife, may have been the model
Signature: Lower margin: J.B. Greuze pinx. R. Gaillard Sculp.Inscription: Lower margin: La Femme Colère; and the following verses: Lise calmez votre courroux/Vous cessez d’être Femme, et vous n’êtes plus Mère/Tout parle ici pour votre Epoux/Vos filles plus sages que vous/Remplissent leur devoir, gardent leur caractère,/En réparant vos torts, et consolant leur Père
This scene of domestic chaos, which the artist drew as a model for an engraving,
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“2019), where she was the curator of the exhibition Posing Modernity: The Black Model
They broke new ground through their independent lifestyles and emphasis on career over marriage and motherhood.
enjoyed considerable commercial success: the edition size for Frishmuth’s small model
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Kleinfelder, The Artist, his Model, her Image, his Gaze: Picasso’s Pursuit of the
1991]; refute the theory that the Ponticonissi island near Corfu was used as a model
Keith Christiansen reflects on the process of acquiring the extraordinary Jabach portrait.
Dyck, of course, had an active career in Britain and his portraits established the model
