(CNN) — So you want to live like you’re from the Middle Ages? Well, maybe that’s not a common aspiration, but nevertheless, it’s a subject that’s become Olivia M. Swarthout’s expertise. Swarthout is ...
Critiqued by Risham Majeed in Art bulletin (New York) 103 (1) March 2021, pages 140-146; reviewed by Ingrid Greenfield in African arts (Los Angeles) 53 (3) autumn 2020, pages 91-93 (N1.A258). AFA copy ...
“What’s this bird, this falcon, that everybody’s all steamed up about?” asks Humphrey Bogart as the private eye Sam Spade. The answer comes from Sydney Greenstreet, who plays Kasper Gutman, a criminal ...
Atlas of Maritime Charts (The Catalan Atlas) [detail of Mansa Musa], Abraham Cresque (1375) Mallorca; parchment mounted on six wood panels, illuminated (Bibliothèque nationale de France) In fact, by ...
When you consider abstract art, your mind likely conjures images of works by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Piet Mondrian: bold shapes, swaths of vibrant colors and innovative techniques. However, ...
At the Met Cloisters in Manhattan, paintings, statuettes and other objects demonstrate that human desire transcends time and cultures. The fictional tale of Phyllis and Aristotle, in which she gets ...
A demon blows his tuba into a Jew’s ear. The synagogue, personified as a woman, stands blindfolded, her head angled in sadness. A Jew in a dark cloak stabs the consecrated host and boils it in a pot.
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