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Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Title Moses and the Egyptians Year 1982 Medium Acrylic and oil stick on canvas Dimensions 185.9 x 137 x 4 cm Location Guggenheim Bilbao In the early 1980s, Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged as one of the most groundbreaking…
Artist Robert Morris Title Untitled Year 1965, reconstructed 1971 Medium Mirror glass and wood Dimensions Each cube: 914 x 914 x 914 mm – overall display dimensions are variable Location Tate, London Morris’s Minimalist sculptures of the mid-1960s consist of rigorously pared down…
Artist Diego Velázquez Title Rokeby Venus Year c. 1647–1651 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 122 cm × 177 cm (48 in × 70 in) Location National Gallery, London. You don’t forget the first time you see her. Reclined, bare, her…
Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Leonardo da Vinci Title Birch Copse Year 1500 Medium Red Chalk on Paper Dimensions 19 cm x 15 cm Location Royal Collection, Windsor Only Leonardo da Vinci could…
Picture a canvas filled with a grid of black lines, interspersed with blocks of primary colors. This minimalist composition is the hallmark of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch artist whose quest for harmony and order led him to revolutionize abstract art.…
The Sacred Portrait – A Byzantine Masterwork Saint John the Baptist Icon from Hilandar Monastery (14th Century) Encountering the 14th-century icon of Saint John the Baptist from Hilandar Monastery is a moment that transcends mere observation. The prophet’s visage, rendered…
The Unlikely Pharaoh In the grand tapestry of ancient Egypt’s dynastic saga, few figures are as enigmatic and polarizing as Akhenaten. Born as Amenhotep IV, the second son of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, his ascension to the throne…
Title Mosaic of a lion that clutches a leopard among marshy leaves. Origin Pompeii. Casa delle Colombe or House of the Mosaic Doves Date 1st century BC – 1st century AD Medium mosaic Current Location Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. no. 114282.…
Title Russian Prisoner of War (Grigori Kladjishuli) Artist Egon Schiele Date 1916; Vienna, Austria Medium watercolor,paper Current Location Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US A piercing gaze. A stiff green uniform. A history far heavier than the paper it’s…