With her large body and frontal pose, the Virgin here functions as a throne for Christ, a visual expression of her status as the Mother of God and source of wisdom. While the symmetry and rigid ...

Following the death of Antoninus Pius in 161 CE, Lucius Verus ruled as co-emperor with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius until his own death in 169 CE (see coin 26). As an heir to the emperor, he ...

The objects in this case present different visions of the female body. Statuette or vessel, funerary offering or object of worship, decorative feature or conscious work of art, they would have ...

"Renewal of the Oath of the Horatii (Honoré-Victorin Daumier) , M18547,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 09, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/268151.

"Tim, Phil, and I (Tina Barney) , P1995.13,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 09, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/284091.

The painting of a man wearing a tuxedo standing in front of a light gray wall. The left arm is bent at waist level, the hand holds a small white object between the fingers. The right arm is bent in a ...

In front of a tent at right, and a small folding table with written documents, George Washington stands facing us and looking directly at us with a confident expression. His gray hair pulled back, he ...

At center a woman in a costume rests, sitting on a low red bench with her feet planted wide apart. She rests her hands on her thighs and holds her fingers in front of her, regarding the viewer with a ...

The monkey steps forward in three-quarter view, bent slightly at the waist, holding a long pole behind his back with left arm, while his right arm is upraised. From his open palm a release of golden ...

On the side of the coin on the left is a man's head facing left, tendrils of curly hair held in place by a laurel wreath; surrounding the border, the Latin characters: N E R O / C L A V D I V S / C A ...

Cézanne’s fascination with the complexities of human perception and his desire to transcribe the abstract properties of vision established him as the central figure linking nineteenth-century ...

"Competition Entry for "Chicago Tribune" Tower, 1922: Perspective (Walter Gropius)(Adolf Meyer) , BRGA.10.5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 13, 2024 ...