“The metal syringes used for holding the colors can be seen clearly. The metal containers at each side are for oil, turpentine, and mastic and copal varnish.” (Dunstan, caption, p.15)
"Cornell's boxes of the 1940s and 1950s consisted of achingly melancholy juxtapositions of incongruously scaled objects implying temporal and spatial poetic leaps. A Victorian child's soap bubble set would be placed against a lunar map or a...
Men; Trucks; Boxes; Hats; People; Transportation; Political elections
Two men look at a paper that one of them is writing on. They are standing in front of a truck where men are loading or unloading boxes. Some of the boxes say "Democratic Primary 3rd Magst. Dist. Woods" while others say "Republican...
"Whilst implicitly acknowledging the Surrealism of [Joseph] Cornell, Arman possibly evokes [Roland] Barthes's mournful vision of commodified toys as expressed in the latter's book Mythologies (1957). Barthes wrote that in the consumerist era,...
Sculpture; Ceremonial objects; Boxes; Containers; Storytelling; War; Warfare; Campaigns & battles; Military maneuvers; Military mobilizations; Military life; Homicides; Men; Soldiers; Military personnel; People associated with military...
From Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq.
"With its somewhat distant-looking quality and distinctive crown of olive leaves, this statue is most likely a memorial portrait. Although the head and body originally came from two separate statues, they are chronologically consistent. The...
"Duchamp's Boîte 'unpacked' in such a way that certain sections slid out to become free-standing display boards, whilst a sheaf of folders and black mounts bore other reproductions of works from his output. In all, it contained 69 items....
"Duchamp's Boîte 'unpacked' in such a way that certain sections slid out to become free-standing display boards, whilst a sheaf of folders and black mounts bore other reproductions of works from his output. In all, it contained 69 items....
Five white canvases with pupae, steel shelves with potted flowers, bowls of sugar-water solution, table, radiators, humidifiers, and live butterflies; "There was a lyrical quality to Hirst's use of butterflies' lifecycles, both in the 1991...
