Henri Matisse's _Still Life: Bouquet and Compotier_
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The following essay is from the 2003 publication Dallas Museum of Art, 100 Years, edited by Dorothy M.
2001.5.FA Henri-Théodore Fantin-Latour, Still Life with Vase of Hawthorn, Bowl of Cherries, Japanese Bowl, and Cup and Saucer
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Henri Fantin-Latour was one of the most celebrated still-life painters of the later 19th century.
Henri-Théodore Fantin-Latour's _Still Life with Vase of Hawthorn, Bowl of Cherries, Japanese Bowl, and Cup and Saucer_
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Of the three kinds of subjects (portraiture, still-life, and the so-called "imaginative" subjects) to which Henri-Theodore Fantin-Latour devoted his
The Ancient Mediterranean Gold Jewelry Collection
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The following excerpt was written in 2003 by Dr. Anne Bromberg, The Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art, for the publication Dallas Museum of Art, 100 years.
1989.129 Lacy, Little Egypt Condo... New York City
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Little Egypt Condo/New York City attests to Jean Lacy's serious interest in Egyptian culture. She developed her own system of African iconography based upon her studies of Egyptian hieroglyphs and West African architectural symbols.
1989.28 Lacy, Welcome to My Ghetto Land
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_Black Art—Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art_: An Interview with Jean Lacy
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"Art Breakthrough: African-American exhibit is a triumph for city," read the caption of an editorial in the Dallas Morning News on December 5, 1989.
Don't Miss the O'Keeffe Show!
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Almost 24,000 people attended Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986 during its first week at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Shrine
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In the interiors of temples, Hindu deities and Jain images of Jinas, liberated beings worshipped for their spiritual authority, were installed in shrines such as this elaborate silver-faced example. If a Hindu image were installed in this shrine, it would have been placed on a plinth so that the shrine was at eye level in the temple’s inner sanctum.
Jainism
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Jainism was formed around the sage Mahavira, a contemporary of the Buddha in the 6th century BCE, but Jains view this founder as the twenty-fourth in a series of spiritual leaders that extends back in time. Jainism prohibits harming others or taking life, emphasizes strict self-denial, and promotes life in monasteries.