"In Romare Bearden (1914-88) Harlem found its own history painter, an artist who won dominion over form by studying the Old Masters, and then reinvigorated it with the jazzy rhythms pioneered in painting by Stuart Davis, the master of...
"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of...
1) Pyramid of Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) Mortuary temple of Khafre, 4) Causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) Valley temple of Khafre, 7) Pyramid of Khufu, 8) Pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles; "From the remains surrounding...
1) Pyramid of Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) Mortuary temple of Khafre, 4) Causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) Valley temple of Khafre, 7) Pyramid of Khufu, 8) Pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles; "From the remains surrounding...
From the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. "A stylistic 'sister' to the Anavysos kouros is a statue of a kore wearing a peplos, a simple, long, woolen belted garment, which gives the female figure a columnar appearance. Traces of paint are preserved...
"[…] it should be noted that the vases found at Sesklo and Dimini are characterized by an astonishing variety of shapes, which means that they served a large number of uses. For the purposes of study, all these shapes have their own names,...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Memorial works; Military officers; Military personnel; Symbols; Militarism; Friendship; Standards (Identifying artifacts); Military standards; Flags; Crosses; Military decorations; Awards; Emblems; Insignia; Badges;...
"Although one could read this image in the general context of wartime militarism, elements in the painting did have personal significance for Hartley; in particular, it includes references to his friend, Lieutenant Karl von Freyberg, with whom...
Fresco: "A young employee carding a tunic, and a second worker with a cage made of reeds on which fabric was stretched to be bleached with sulfur steam." (Caption, p. 137); "One of the liveliest shop fronts excavated in the early...
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Paintings; Portrait paintings; Murals; Portraits; Men; Dramatists; Authors; Comedians; People associated with entertainment & sports; Sitting; Clothing & dress; Wreaths;...
"In a niche at the back of the peristyle in the refined Pompeii domus that takes its name from this fresco, this portrait of the Athenian comedian Menander (end of the fourth century B.C.) was painted during the late Julio-Claudian era. The...
Architecture; Buildings; Public baths; Bathhouses; Health & hygiene facilities; Social & civic facilities; Rooms & spaces; Paintings; Murals; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Sex; Erotica; Relations between the sexes; Men; Women; Couples;...
"Detail of a famous erotic frieze, probably painted during the time of Nero, in the apodyterium of the Suburban Baths of Pompeii: a true illustrated manual of various sexual positions, it appears to have been inspired by literary works on...
