A somber monochrome watercolor of mayhem and dissent at sea. The depiction of a sinking raft, with one furled and one billowing sail, stretches from one side of the drawing to the other. Great, curved ...
With her large body and frontal pose, the Virgin here functions as a throne for Christ, a visual expression of her status as the Mother of God and source of wisdom. While the symmetry and rigid ...
An almost ball-shaped jar has a wide, flat, circular bottom, and a wide, circular opening at the top with a short ridge that flares outward slightly. Blue designs are painted on its smooth white ...
"Renewal of the Oath of the Horatii (Honoré-Victorin Daumier) , M18547,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 09, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/268151.
"Tim, Phil, and I (Tina Barney) , P1995.13,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 09, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/284091.
The painting of a man wearing a tuxedo standing in front of a light gray wall. The left arm is bent at waist level, the hand holds a small white object between the fingers. The right arm is bent in a ...
In front of a tent at right, and a small folding table with written documents, George Washington stands facing us and looking directly at us with a confident expression. His gray hair pulled back, he ...
"Competition Entry for "Chicago Tribune" Tower, 1922: Perspective (Walter Gropius)(Adolf Meyer) , BRGA.10.5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 13, 2024 ...
At center a woman in a costume rests, sitting on a low red bench with her feet planted wide apart. She rests her hands on her thighs and holds her fingers in front of her, regarding the viewer with a ...
On the side of the coin on the left is a man's head facing left, tendrils of curly hair held in place by a laurel wreath; surrounding the border, the Latin characters: N E R O / C L A V D I V S / C A ...
"The Cycle of Vicissitudes of Human Affairs (Cornelis Cort)(After Maarten van Heemskerck)(Published by Hieronymus Cock) , M26626.-M26634,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 13, 2024, https:/ ...
Cézanne’s fascination with the complexities of human perception and his desire to transcribe the abstract properties of vision established him as the central figure linking nineteenth-century ...