The Codman Silver Dressing Table and Stool
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Codman silver dressing table and stool is an extraordinary monument in the history of American silversmithing and metalwork. Made of solid silver, this dressing set is an opulent icon of craftsmanship, epitomizing the late 19th-century taste and summing up the exuberance and extravagance of the Gilded Age.
Man's shoulder or hip cloth (hinggi), 1983.91
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Sumba is internationally known for the beauty, originality, and power of men’s ikat cloths, called hinggi . These impressive textiles were avidly collected by the Dutch and other Europeans beginning in the early 20th century.
2015.13.1, 2015.13.2, 2015.23, Carl Otto Czeshcka, Design for playing card, c. 1908
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) member Carl Otto Czeschka was a highly prolific graphic designer whose oeuvre includes numerous examples of book illustrations, calendars, advertisements, and postcards.
2015.23 Carl Otto Czeshcka, Design for playing card
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) member Carl Otto Czeschka was a highly prolific graphic designer whose oeuvre includes numerous examples of book illustrations, calendars, advertisements, and postcards.
2015.13.2 Carl Otto Czeshcka, Design for playing card
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) member Carl Otto Czeschka was a highly prolific graphic designer whose oeuvre includes numerous examples of book illustrations, calendars, advertisements, and postcards.
École des Beaux-Arts (Paris)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
INCOMPLETE
Created when drafting Maillol, Flora 1960.70
FROM AAT:
Beaux-Arts (style) (<modern European architecture styles and movements>, <modern European styles and movements>, ... Styles and Periods)
Ben Nicholson (1965 exhibition)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is adapted from former Dallas Museum of Fine Art's director Jerry Bywater's introduction to the 1964 exhibition pamphlet Ben Nicholson which was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the artist's work at the DMFA that same year.
Heaven and earth in Southeast Moluccan Art
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In pre-Christian times on almost all of the islands of Southeast Molucca, the cosmos was conceived of as a system of two entities, which were usually called “above” or “heaven” and “below” or “earth.” Although the cosmic divide was interpreted differently on different islands, “above” and “below” were generally thought of as persons.
Ancestor worship in Southeast Molucca
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In Southeast Molucca (Maluku Tenggara), an aspect of ancestor worship was its use of human figurines, often carved in a characteristic squatting pose.