Two staff members from our Division of Academic and Public Programs discuss how the museums foster museum literacy and a ...

In a lavish room with ornate tapestries, a young woman with fair skin and long light brown hair lies against cushions on the floor, with only a silk sheet wrapped around her legs. A hookah and a fan ...

The fair skinned man looks over his right shoulder toward the viewer with soft dark eyes, short dark hair with thin beard and moustache. The face is the most defined part of this self portrait of the ...

At its most basic level, casting bronze entails pouring a molten mixture of copper and tin into a mold and letting the mixture harden as it cools. In ancient China, the actual process was quite ...

The shallow rim and symmetrical handles are black and there are geometric floral and swirling designs on the neck and body of the vessel. There is a central figure who is nude and wrestling a lion, ...

Degas displayed the wax figure after which this bronze was cast at the sixth impressionist exhibition, in 1881. The only sculpture that he ever presented publicly, the work caused an uproar for its ...

In this black ink drawing, Salome performs a belly dance, leaning to her left with her arms tucked behind her back. She stares directly at the viewer with a piercing gaze. Her peeled-back robe exposes ...

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 ...

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 ...

A light-skinned baby with his eyes closed reclines in a padded basket with his head turned toward us. Small golden rays of light radiate from his head. The basket is floating on a river, surrounded by ...

An oil painting portrays a younger man. His face is turned three quarters while his eyes look straight ahead. His black hair is brushed back, and his beard is short. He wears a black blazer jacket, ...

The gilt bronze sculpture is of a person standing upright and facing the viewer. They are standing barefoot on a small pedestal detailed with petals. The person’s right arm is down by their side, palm ...