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
Possible candidates have included Sultan Ghazan (r. 1295–1304); his successor,
The Artist: Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440–1482), born in Ghent, was one of the leading Flemish artists of the second half of the fifteenth century. Initially, Hugo followed in the grand tradition of the illusionism of Jan van Eyck’s paintings, with a palette of richly saturated colors and a clear organization of space that depended on single vanishing-point perspective
of this monumental altarpiece that all other attributions of paintings to Hugo have
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What does a cake have in common with an Italian Renaissance painting?
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This special display of instruments made by three generations of the Sax family marks the bicentenary of the birth of Adolphe Sax. Rare saxophones, brass instruments, and an exquisite ivory clarinet are among the twenty-six instruments selected to showcase the inventions and innovations of this important family.
There are few instrument makers who have become a household name.
While earlier artists focused on creating an illusion of architectural depth with solid architectural forms, the artists at Boscotrecase presented the idea with whimsical, attenuated, and highly refined elements.
One of the most sumptuous must have been the villa at Boscotrecase built by Agrippa
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Tibetan monasteries and other monuments since that time, a number of masterpieces have
Gallery 208 This life-size sculpture is part of a group of sixteen figures that have
Light brown figures with split eyes have a human aspect and the fangs of beings endowed
The study of medieval drawings requires that we both expand and rethink our notion of what a drawing is and how it might be used.
While “Old Master” drawings have come down to us in abundance, the work of the draftsmen
