Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, Laocoön and his Sons, early 1st century C.E., marble, 7 feet 10-1/2 inches high (Vatican Museums)
Speakers: Dr. Steven...
Closely examine one of the greatest—and most mysterious and curious—metalworks of the Islamic world: a large brass canteen from mid-thirteenth-century Iraq. Explore the dense...
Portrait of a Young Woman (known as Sappho), c. 55–79 C.E., fresco, 37 x 38 cm, found Insula Occidentalis, Pompeii (National Archaeological Museum, Naples)
A...
Pithos, 1450 B.C.E.–1375 B.C.E. (Minoan), incised terracotta, 69.9 x 114.3 cm (The British Museum), found at the Palace of Minos, Knossos
speakers: Dr. Senta German...
Mosaics, Chapel of San Venanzio, 7th century (Baptistery, Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome). Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
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Padmasambhava, his eight manifestations, and scenes from his life, 19th century (Gangteng Monastery, Bhutan), pigments on cloth (Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, SC2012.4.13)
A conversation...
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,...
