"To the left Pasiphae, wife of the king Minos of Crete, is shown seated on a low chair with [a] back and one armrest. She is draped in a tunic falling to her feet. The garment leaves the right part of her upper body naked and is held by a gold...
Kore: "Found at Merenda (ancient Myrrhinous), Attica, in 1972. […] Funerary statue. Found in a pit in the cemetery of Myrrhinous together with kouros [of Merenda] (inv. no. 4890). Preserved in excellent condition. The girl is depicted...
Kore: "Found at Merenda (ancient Myrrhinous), Attica, in 1972. […] Funerary statue. Found in a pit in the cemetery of Myrrhinous together with kouros [of Merenda] (inv. no. 4890). Preserved in excellent condition. The girl is depicted...
This thesis chronicles my journey within the framework of a hero's journey, as a theatre artist in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Louisville's Theatre Arts Department. This thesis is divided into six chapters that explore the...
"Man Ray's most famous photograph, Le Violon d'Ingres, combines Dada wordplay with Surrealist imagery. The nude recalls the odalisques of Ingres, while the title refers to Ingres's hobby - playing the violin (which led to the French phrase...
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)
"A moving tribute to her mother, this work combines the personal and the political. The quilt includes a narrative - the witty story of the family of Aunt Jemima, most familiar as the stereotypical black 'mammy' but here a successful African...
"This mosaic decorated the bottom of a shallow pool […]. The hole at its center belonged to a water jet. […] Its border consists of a band of twisted ribbon between plain bands. The emblema shows one of the popular episodes related to the...
“A reconstruction of the three figures […], based on fragments of sixth-century sculptures found on the Acropolis. […] Although it is known that these figures would have been painted, no trace of the colouring [coloring] remains.” (combined...
"The Villa Farnesina, which some scholars think was built by Agrippa in 21 B.C. to celebrate his marriage to Julia, daughter of the emperor Augustus, displayed one of the most refined examples of Roman domestic decoration. It is dated to the...
