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circa 1934 | Oil on canvas
throughout his career. In Essays on Art he expressed his reverence for the simple objects of a still life: ... "We speak about things, but we seldom hear things speak to us. Things, objects, mutely cry to us: ... adventuresome in his figure paintings, in his still lifes he remained conservative for a longer period of time. ...
late 13th-early 14th century/circa 8th century A.H. | Stucco, carved, traces of paint
royalty with intricate vegetal details, also found on courtly objects of the period in a variety of media. ... long-term conservation and restoration efforts have aimed to repair the damage to its structures. In ... medieval city-palace or the skillful reproductions of its ornament from the modern era. As conservation ...
negative 1976, printed 1990 | Gelatin silver print
conservative forces who objected to Mapplethorpe's posthumous retrospective exhibition "The Perfect ...
1976 | Gelatin silver print
Mapplethorpe's work was condemned by Senator Jesse Helms and other conservative forces who objected to ...
1976 | Gelatin silver print
innocence." This recollection provides a counterpoint to Senator Jesse Helms and other conservative forces ... who, in 1989-90, objected to Mapplethorpe's posthumous retrospective exhibition "The Perfect ...
1912 | Oil on canvas
an object. Often, as in this painting and Tanagra, 1918 (National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian ... horizontal composition, and the woman’s fascination with an object that she holds in her hand. In these ... delineation of form Hassam was more conservative in the window series than in his flag paintings of the same ...
1916 | Oil on canvas
complementary color of the rose drape next to the green objects. Breckenridge often borrowed from Matisse the ... device of placing a painting or patterned hanging, here an altar cloth, behind the objects on the table ... often worked closely with Arthur B. Carles (1880-1952), and the two even used the same objects in their ...
circa 1675-1700 | Bidri ware inlaid with silver and brass (tarkashi and tehnishan techniques)
laudatory verses inscribed on prized decorative art objects. Water imagery is replete throughout the ... Offsite Room U.S. Art Copyright Text: Photo © Museum Associates/ LACMA Conservation, by Yosi Pozeilov ...
circa 1450 | Light yellow marble with black striations
once held a now-missing disk or other indeterminate object, while her raised right hand may have ... Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, 1984. Pal, Pratapaditya; Dehejia, Vidya; ...
8th-9th century/circa 1st-3rd century A.H. | Earthenware with applied decoration
vessel. This zoomorphic work showcases how a ceramicist could skillfully transform a utilitarian object ... 28-30 gallons in a session), and conserve it for days, if not weeks, on end. </p> <p>Yet ...
circa 1900 | Oil on canvas
paintings, objects were depicted so realistically that many people actually had to touch the canvas before ... they were convinced that the objects they were seeing were painted, not "real." Peto, ... however, was more concerned with the manner in which light could affect an object rather than with the ...
1925 | Oil on canvas
a thinner and flatter appearance. Henri’s portrayal of Ada Harrison is somewhat conservative, probably due ... their wealth and social positions. With an emphasis on material objects and textures, academic artists ... physical world with the objective detail of a photograph. Artists were now encouraged to leave their ...
6th century A.D. | Earthenware
hear conservator John Hirx explain the thermoluminescence testing process, press the audio play button ... /uiconf_id/6232402/partner_id/491681"></script> <object id="kaltura_player_1375240582" ... content="application/x-shockwave-flash"></span> </object> Handbook: Label: Bibliographic Entry: Mintz, Robert. 2014. <em>Japanese ...
1899 | Oil on canvas
painting is deeply conservative. But its essential modernity is announced in subtle ways: the abrupt ... material objects and textures, academic artists immortalized their patrons’ importance in full-length ... impressionists have to record the physical world with the objective detail of a photograph. Artists were now ...
1627 | Oil on canvas
156–65r" (letter dated 22 April 1987, Reni object file, Department of European Painting and Sculpture, ... by his greataunt Maria Isabella, wife and heir of Octavian Ubaldini. Ugo was appointed conservator of ...