"A basket [glass bowl?] of fruit rests on the trabeation of the imaginary architecture." (caption, p.77); "The construction technique and decorations of the villa suggest that it must have been built around the middle of the first...
“The building, dating to the late Augustan period, presented the appearance of a two-storied cube. The ground floor is occupied by a wide hypostyle hall (13.5 x 15.7 m or 44 x 51.5 ft.) with four columns at its center, which was used for public...
Excerpt from Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen website (http://oldenburgvanbruggen.com/) regarding the sculpture shown here: Soft Shuttlecock. Collection Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Partial Gift, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, New...
Excerpt from Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen website (http://oldenburgvanbruggen.com/) regarding the sculpture shown here: Soft Shuttlecock. Collection Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Partial Gift, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, New...
"The Hall of the Colossus was deliberately set in the northeast corner of the Forum, at the end of the large western portico, in the typical position of the sacelli closely linked to basilicas, as in the provincial complexes. But in this...
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Cults; Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Clothing & dress; Architectural elements; Walls; Pilasters;...
Shows "the end wall (frescoed) and the side wall (on the south side) with the reconstruction of the architectural order." (Caption, p. 145); "The Hall of the Colossus was deliberately set in the northeast corner of the Forum, at the...
From caption: C'est le chapeau qui fait l'homme / collage; from the MOMA website (http://www.moma.org) (11-2011): The Hat Makes the Man / Max Ernst (French, born Germany. 1891-1976) (1920). Gouache, pencil, oil, and ink on cut-and-pasted printed...
Paintings; Discussion; Debates; Politics & government; Political issues; Political parties; Men; Artists; Clothing & dress; Suits (Clothing); Coats; Cigarettes; Details
"According to the artist this painting depicted an 'ideological discussion'. As such it evokes the stormy realist-abstraction debates, and allied political differences, among artists in Italy after the Second World War. Stylistically, the work...
"According to the artist this painting depicted an 'ideological discussion'. As such it evokes the stormy realist-abstraction debates, and allied political differences, among artists in Italy after the Second World War. Stylistically, the work...
Architecture; Architectural elements; Towers; Walls; City walls; Forts & fortifications
"As the town's wealth grew and powerful neighbors established themselves, the need for protection resulted in the first known permanent stone fortifications. By approximately 7500 BCE, the town, estimated to have had a population of more than...
1. West porch 2. Corridor of the procession 3. South propylon 4. Central court 5. "Theater area" 6. North-south corridor 7. Pillar hall 8. Magazines 9. Throne room 10. Palace shrine and lower verandas 11. Stepped porch 12. Grand staircase...
1. West porch 2. Corridor of the procession 3. South propylon 4. Central court 5. "Theater area" 6. North-south corridor 7. Pillar hall 8. Magazines 9. Throne room 10. Palace shrine and lower verandas 11. Stepped porch 12. Grand staircase...
"Over 3,000 of them still stand in a two-mile stretch near Menec. Each of these squared-off stones weighs several tons. [...] There are thirteen rows of alignments, their stones graduated in height from about 3 feet on the eastern end to...
