Two Intricate Calligraphy Pages from the Sixteenth-Century Manuscript “Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta” Have Been Decoded for the First Time
Renaissance calligraphy unlocked.
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exhibitions
Confronting Power and Violence in the Renaissance Nude
The Renaissance origins of the male gaze.
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PODCAST: Contextualizing the Nude in Renaissance Painting, Sculpture, and Drawing
The curator discusses a groundbreaking exhibition on the nude human figure in Renaissance art.
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In Sally Mann’s Battlefields, Civil War Sites Are Seen Through a New Lens
On the process and thought behind photographer Sally Mann's haunting images of Civil War battle sites.
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Golden Tickets to the Underworld
A guide to the underworld, courtesy of ancient Greek tablets.
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Sex, Power, and Violence in the Renaissance Nude
A new exhibition asks difficult questions about sex, violence, and beauty in Renaissance art.
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Handling a Cosmic Book Object
Inside a book that is also a puzzle.
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Deconstructing Myths about the Nude in Renaissance Art
A new look at the rise of the nude in art.
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A Dog’s Life, from Kyoto to Versailles
The dramatic journey of a little dog-shaped box.
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PODCAST: Funerary Sculpture in Ancient Palmyra
How funerary portraits illuminate cultural exchange in ancient Palmyra.
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An Introduction to the Rothschild Pentateuch, an Illuminated Hebrew Masterpiece
Inside a rare thirteenth-century Jewish manuscript.
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A Rare Look Inside a Golden Box
A closer look at a Japanese lacquer box owned by Marie-Antoinette.
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