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Kashmira

Kashmira, 10th century (Kashmir, India), copper alloy with inlays of silver (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, C2005.16.5) A conversation with Dr. Elena Pakhoutova, Senior Curator,...

Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo

Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo, 18th century (Tibet), pigments on cloth (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin,...

Kalachakra Cosmology

Kalachakra Cosmology Illustration, 16th century (Tibet), pigments on cloth (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, C2009.9) A conversation with Dr. Elena Pakhoutova, Senior Curator, Rubin Museum...

Drenpa Namkha, Bon Teacher

Drenpa Namkha, 15th century (Tibet), copper alloy with silver and turquoise inlays (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, C2003.31.1) A conversation with Dr. Karl Debreczeny, Senior...

Pilgrimage Map of Mt. Wutai

Pilgrimage Map of Mt. Wutai, dated 1846 (Cifu Temple , Wutaishan, China), painted xylograph (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, C2004.29.1) A conversation with Dr. Karl...

Saddle, Tibetan or Mongolian

Saddle, 18th–19th century (Tibet, Mongolia or China), wood, iron with gilding/silver plating, cloth, silk, leather, pigment (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of the...

Andrea Mantegna, San Zeno Altarpiece

Andrea Mantegna, San Zeno Altarpiece, 1456–59, tempera on panel, 212 x 460 cm (Basilica of San Zeno, Verona) commissioned by the Benedictine Abbot, Gregorio...

The Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius

Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius, c. 173–176 C.E., gilded bronze, 424 cm high (Capitoline Museums, Rome). A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and...

Michelangelo, The Laurentian Library

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Laurentian Library, commissioned, 1523 by Pope Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici), completed 1571, San Lorenzo, Florence speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven...