2018.5.McD Eva Gonzalès, Afternoon Tea
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Eva Gonzalès showed a precocious artistic talent early on, enrolling in the Academic painter Charles Chaplin’
2018.6.1.McD Oscar Dominguez, Cosmic Composition
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Oscar Domínguez fell under the influence of Surrealism after meeting Pablo Picasso and Yves Tanguy in 1929, eventually be
2018.6.2.McD Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Café Riche
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Painted during Joaquín Torres-García’s brief yet critical stay in Paris between 1926 and 1932,
1995.79 Scepter
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Scepters have been part of a universal vocabulary of court regalia since ancient times in many parts of the world. In the Indian subcontinent, scepters, fly whisks, and standards were essential components of courtly ceremonies.
2005.37.McD Yves Tanguy, Apparitions
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2010.13.McD Gustave Caillebotte, Yellow Roses in a Vase
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2013.1.FA Guillaume Lethiére, Erminia and the Shepherds
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This scene is drawn from Jerusalem Delivered (1581), an epic poem about the Crusades written by the Italian Renaissance author Torquato Tasso.
2003.40.FA Théodore Chassériau, Battle of Arab Horsemen Around a Standard (Bataille de cavaliers Arabes autour d'un étendard)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The central group of soldiers and horses is sketched in loose, expressive brushstrokes that mimic
1937.18 Bartholomäus von Unckel, David and the Ark of the Convenant
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This hand-colored book page was removed from a copy of the Cologne Bible.
1978.75.4 Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova, Text and Illustration from "A Game in Hell"
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Neither the text nor the image in this page spread is set within an ordered, rational space.