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In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, there is a bronze aquamanile, or water jug, dating from late 14th or early 15th Century AD. An aquamanile is a vessel for pouring water used in the ritual of washing hands in…
In the Archaeological Museum of Samos, Greece, resides a captivating artifact: a Hellenic or Roman marble head of a goddess, dating back to the 2nd–1st century BC. This statue bears a poignant testament to the transformative tides of history, having…
Michelangelo’s Tomb of Julius II has a long and complex history. Its story reminds us that even the greatest of artists faced endless challenges and failures. Text By Alice Marinelli, PhD History of Art for The Collector A picturesque staircase in the…
Among the remarkable relics of antiquity, the Statue of the Seated Goddess Hygieia stands as an elegant embodiment of both divine protection and classical artistry. This Roman marble copy, carved in the 160s A.D., pays homage to a lost Greek…
Constantin Brancusi, Endless Column (1938) Some sculptures demand that you walk around them, examining their curves, their weight, their defiance of gravity. Others, like Constantin Brancusi’s Endless Column, command your gaze upward, urging you to follow their rhythm into the…