Assemblage of bicycle saddle and handlebars. "Picasso's witty 1943 assemblage entitled Bull's Head is a remarkable example of his genius for synthesis. He has fused the ancient motif of the bull and the traditional medium of bronze with modern...
From the "Elements of Architecture: Column and Colonnade" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Elements included: capital; shaft; base; capital (double bull).
This mosaic "constituted the horizontal bar of the T-form design of a dining room, or hall (triclinium), facing the guests as they entered." (Excerpt, p. 12)
Paintings; Oil paintings; Civil wars; War; Politics & government; Political issues; Dictators; Nazis; Fascism; Civilization; Bombings; Military tactics; War destruction & pillage; Death; Dismemberment; Body parts; Mental states; Despair;...
"In this monumental work of 1937, Guernica, Picasso combined Analytic and Synthetic Cubist forms with several traditional motifs, juxtaposing them in a new Surrealist way. The combination serves the political message of the painting - namely,...
"From the 'King's Grave' at Ur comes a splendid lyre that, in its restored state, resembles the instrument depicted in the feast scene on the Standard of Ur [from Tomb 779]. A magnificent bull's head caps the instrument's sound box. It is...
Watercolor reconstruction of the imposing funerary monuments as depicted a few years after they were excavated, by Angelos Yiallinas. Acropolis and Parthenon in background.
From the "Cuneiform Writing" section of the "Art of the Ancient Near East" chapter (Chapter 2). Time periods shown are: pictograph, c. 3100 BCE; early cuneiform sign, c. 2400 BCE; later cuneiform sign, c. 700 BCE. Examples shown...
