Leaf from a twelfth century theology book, copied at the Monastery of Citeaux in France. The book was written on animal skins since paper was not used in Europe at that time, and was intended for study or for reading aloud within the monastic...
Busy and wide intersection with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages. To the rear, buildings are on either side with a building at the end. Fountains are in front of the buildings. Title: 26. Opera Avenue, Paris, France. Text on left: Polychrome...
Paintings; Acrylic paintings; History; Political issues; Apartheid; Imperialism; Social classes; War; War casualties; Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Crosses; Cemeteries; Monuments & memorials; Soldiers; Military personnel; Military...
"Terry Atkinson, like David Hockney, came from a working-class background in Yorkshire, England. However, his affiliations when he eventually moved to London were with Conceptualism rather than Pop. Whilst Conceptualism had been international...
Paintings; Acrylic paintings; History; Political issues; Apartheid; Imperialism; Social classes; War; War casualties; Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Crosses; Cemeteries; Monuments & memorials; Soldiers; Vacations; Photographs;...
"Terry Atkinson, like David Hockney, came from a working-class background in Yorkshire, England. However, his affiliations when he eventually moved to London were with Conceptualism rather than Pop. Whilst Conceptualism had been international...
Diagrams; Drawings; Paintings; Acrylic paintings; History; Political issues; Apartheid; Imperialism; Social classes; War; War casualties; Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Cemeteries; Monuments & memorials; Soldiers; Military personnel;...
"Terry Atkinson, like David Hockney, came from a working-class background in Yorkshire, England. However, his affiliations when he eventually moved to London were with Conceptualism rather than Pop. Whilst Conceptualism had been international...
"Because precision in dating is impossible for the Paleolithic era, art historians usually can be no more specific than assigning a range of several thousand years to each artifact. But probably later in date than the Venus of Willendorf is...
Varnish and its use has been known since ancient times. Altho the knowledge of varnish has been attributed to the Japanese as early as 500-600 B.C., Tschirsch and A.D. Stevens say that the Japs did not possess this art originally, but that they...
André Jeunet stands with his cousin, Pierre Bourgeois, on a balcony overlooking Rue du Fer à Moulin in Paris in June, 1917. Photograph is mounted on a gray board. Handwritten on verso of mount: "Juin 1917. Paris. Balcon du 5p(?) rue du Fer...
Autographed full-length character portrait of renowned French actress, producer, and writer Sarah Bernhardt as L'Aiglon in Edmond Rostand's play about the son of Napoleon I. She wears a white uniform with tasseled sash and knee-high riding boots....
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women
Photogravure portrait of French operatic soprano Emma Calvé, wearing a fascinator on her head and a dress with fringe, and posing with hands on hips. Born Rosa Noémi Emma Calvet de Roquer in Decazeville, France on August 15, 1858, Calvé died...
Full-length character portrait of renowned French actress, producer, and writer Sarah Bernhardt standing on a stage set of an interior, wearing a long velvet dress with train and long gloves, and holding a wand or baton. Born Henriette-Rosine...
Three-quarter length character portrait of renowned French actress, producer, and writer Sarah Bernhardt leaning against a frieze, wearing a dark dress with buttons up the front and gingham trim, a rope belt, and a cape. Born Henriette-Rosine...
Three-quarter length character portrait of renowned French actress, producer, and writer Sarah Bernhardt seated on a throne, wearing a regal gown and crown. Born Henriette-Rosine Bernard (or Bernardt) in Paris, France on October 23, 1844, Sarah...
Full-length character portrait of French actress Mademoiselle Angele in outdoor scene, wearing long fitted dress with matching cape (held in right hand) and hat, and holding miniature dog in left arm. Annotation on mount verso, upper center: Mlle....
England; Men; Women; Children; Animals; People associated with religion; Sculpture; Greek temples; Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Portugal; France; Lyres; Stringed instruments
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: scene of England, signed "Hartwell," with man, woman, and children seated in front of thatched hut among chickens, with horse, carriage, and Tower of London visible in...
Ornate bedroom inside the Royal Palace in France. Bed framed by tall curtains with a chandelier hanging above. Paintings are on the wall and a second chandelier hangs near the back. Descriptive information on back of card: The Royal Palace, Paris....
Paintings; Allusions; Anti-Americanism; Politics & government; Political issues; Capitalism; Imperialism; Wealth; Corruption; Poverty; Emigration & immigration; Social classes; Economic & social conditions; Domestic life; Child labor;...
"This enormous, collage-like painting is crammed with anti-American allusions. An electric chair sits on the plinth at the top center (the Rosenbergs were electrocuted as Russian spies in 1953). A GI nonchalantly reads a pornographic magazine....
"Venus is represented rising out of the water in accord with the conventions of the Aphrodite Anadyomene type. The triton and dolphin, which recall the maritime setting, were sometimes depicted alternately with two cupids accompanying the...
Paintings; Mixed media; Women; Nudes; Beauty; Aesthetics; Body image; Human body; Body parts
Corps de Dames series, 1950; "Child art, which had been a major source of interest for early twentieth-century modernists such as Joan Miró or Paul Klee, was a source here. This was annexed to an adult desire to recover primordial fantasies...
