"The Sanctuary of Asclepius is at the bottom left." (Caption, p.101); "The new skene, which had three doorways in it, was fronted by a closed colonnade. It also had two wings projecting forward 5 metres (16 1/2 feet), which were...
Based on a drawing by Lanciano and Carpano (caption, p.197); “The Colosseum was begun by Vespasian in the 70s AD on the site of the lake of Nero’s Domus Aurea, and was financed from the spoils of the sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. It was dedicated...
Photo Ute Klophaus. "Beuys, with his head covered in a mixture of honey and gold leaf, wearing an iron sole on his right foot and a felt sole on his left, held the dead hare in his arms [...]." (excerpt, p.335)
"In a darkened room, Dine, acting the part of 'car' in a silver-sprayed cap and raincoat, swerved to avoid 'hits' from the raking 'headlights' attached to fellow performers. The lights went on and off amid clatterings and amplified collision...
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"This performance exemplifies Klein's participation in the masculinist tradition of the dandy. The self-contained male, renouncing biological productivity (symbolized by the 'fecundity' of the paint-covered women launching themselves at...
From Kerameikos, [Athens, Greece]. "Comparison of the head of the kouros from the Sacred Gate with the Dipylon Head leaves virtually no doubt that they were created by the same sculptor about 600 BC. He was the first Athenian marble-carver of...
