The front of this coin portrays the emperor Tiberius, wearing a crown of laurels and facing right. On the back, the empress Livia is portrayed seated and holding a sceptre.

Celebrated as one of the foremost portrait painters of the nascent Dutch Republic, and second only to Rembrandt van Rijn in fame, Frans Hals distinguished himself with his lively depictions of wealthy ...

Sizhao Yi is the Rhoades Foundation Curatorial Intern working in Arts of Asia this year. She is a PhD candidate in art history at the University of Chicago. Specializing in the visual and material ...

<BIG>この屏風は、353年、中国でおこなわれた春禊祭の行事を表わしている。この日王義之は、学者仲間とともに浙江省の蘭亭に集い、曲水の宴をもち、詩作、管弦と飲酒の一日を過ごした。

Sonia Delaunay-Terk Jazz (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1977 (designed 1920) ...

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory Singer for the Monkey Band, c. 1765 Meissen Porcelain Manufactory Drummer for the Monkey Band, c. 1765 Meissen Porcelain Manufactory Violinist for the Monkey Band, c.

The second half of the 12th century was a time of great political instability in Japan. Aristocrats felt as if they were living in an age of mappo, or Buddhist decline, and were preoccupied with the ...

Small-scale Egyptian figurines, known as amulets, were thought to promote health and good luck. Amulets were such an important part of Egyptian religious beliefs that they were worn by both the living ...

Denise Garder is chair of the Art Institute of Chicago’s board of trustees. Her history with the museum dates back to 1995, when she began her decades-long involvement with the Leadership Advisory ...

Arthur Ou Barbara Probst reading 2.15: The Fact That the Elements of a Picture Are Related to One ANother in a Determinate Way Represents That Things Are Related to One Another in the Same Way. Let Us ...

Artistic needlework became a significant practice and feature of the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century. Leek Embroidery Society founders Elizabeth (1834–1902) and Thomas Wardle (1831– ...

Bisa Butler is an artist who creates arresting portraits—composed entirely of vibrantly colored and patterned fabrics—that reimagine and celebrate narratives of Black life. Often working with ...