1965.29.M, Black figure panel amphora, Attributed to the Painter of the Medea Group (Bothmer), Greek, Attic, c. 520-510 BCE, ceramic
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Throughout the 6th century BCE, Greek pottery painters experimented with ways to describe reality on the curved surface of a vase. In the best examples, the urge toward description is balanced by the necessity of creating an effective two-dimensional design.
2002.18 Gerhard Richter, Stadtbild Mu, 1968, Amphibolin on canvas
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In scale and execution, Stadtbild
1969.16 Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Ecce Homo
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
At the top right, Pontius Pilate looks with disdainful indifference toward the bloodied figure of Christ, who is being presented to the people of Jerusalem before his Crucifixion.
1987.17 Pietro Paolini, Bacchic Concert
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Emerging out a dark, shallow space, Bacchus, the Greek god of wine, plays a pipe surrounded by a group of musicians.
1990.144.FA Antoine Coypel, Alliance of Cupid and Bacchus
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This late 17th-century mythological scene by Antoine Coypel symbolizes the union of Cupid, the god of love, and Bacchus, the god wine.
1992.22.FA Jean Antoine Theodore Giroust, Oedipus at Colonus
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In this scene from Sophocles’ play of the same name, the blind king Oedipus is nearing the end
1981.1 Auguste Rodin, Jean d'Aire from the Burghers of Calais
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Jean d'Aire is a study for one of the figures in Auguste Rodin's monumental