1989.133.FA Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, The Abduction of Europa
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In 1770 Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre succeeded his famed older rival, François Boucher, as First Painter to King Louis XV.
1950.92 Zoltan Sepeshy, The Whole Town
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In his early twenties, Zoltan Sepeshy moved from
2015.10.FA Jean Antoine Theodore Giroust, The Harp Lesson
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
During a music lesson, fourteen-year-old Louise Marie Adelaïde Eugénie de Bourbon d’Orléans, daughter of the Duc d’Orléans, plays a duet with her governess, Madame de Genlis.
1991.378 Textile band with figures holding crescent-shaped knives (Peru, Moche-Wari)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This textile band reflects the interaction of highland Huari (Wari) and coastal Moche along the coast. Typical of coastal production, the band was woven in dyed camelid fiber over cotton warps with slit tapestry weave. This discontinuous weave is clearly visible through the shifting colors. The technique afforded reduced consumption of precious camelid fiber, and it permitted a lighter weight fabric in the temperate zones.
1991.377 Textile border with winged figures (Peru, Moche-Wari)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This textile band reflects the interaction of highland Huari (Wari) and coastal Moche along the coast. Typical of coastal production, the band was woven in dyed camelid fiber over cotton warps with slit tapestry weave. This discontinuous weave is clearly visible in the openwork panels and through the shifting colors. The technique afforded reduced consumption of precious camelid fiber, and it permitted a lighter weight fabric in the temperate zones.
1978.2.McD Textile band with figures holding crescent-shaped knives (Peru, Moche-Wari)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This textile band reflects the interaction of the highland Huari (Wari) and coastal Moche along the north-central coast. Typical of coastal production, the band was woven with dyed camelid fiber over cotton warps with slit tapestry weave. This discontinuous weave is clearly visible in the openwork panels and through the shifting colors.
1970.20.McD Tunic with animal figure (Peru, Nasca)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Nazca (Nasca) created textiles with a vibrant array of colors, similar to their ceramic arts, and refined this palette from the Early Intermediate Period (200 BCE-600 CE) through the Middle Horizon (600-1000 CE). This tunic reflects abstract and geometric motifs in alternating primary colors. It portrays animal figures with demarcated eyes, short limbs, and curled tails.
2001.261 South LaSalle Street (Chicago Board of Trade), Chicago
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2001.260 Sommerstrasse, Düsseldorf
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