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Japanese objects came through Mexico on their way to Spain, and had a lasting impact on the arts of the New World.
Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and ...
How did cabinets of curiosities become temples to the Enlightenment? Explore the fascinating history of museums.
1. A brief history of the art ...
"It is to kill art to make history of it" — the neutralizing effect of the art museum.
3. Art Museums and (Art) Objects
Just as museums have nurtured artistic creativity, they have also become the target of serious critique from artists themselves.
4. Artists in and against the museum
Far from being neutral, museum are deeply rooted in a thicket of political, sociological, and ideological histories.
6. Looking at Art Museums
This snowy image of a bygone Brooklyn is sprinkled with farm animals, townspeople... and casual racism.
Daily life in 1820 Brooklyn
Japanese objects came through Mexico on their way to Spain, and had a lasting impact on the arts of the New World.
Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and ...
This snowy image of a bygone Brooklyn is sprinkled with farm animals, townspeople... and casual racism.
Francis Guy, Winter Scene in Brooklyn
During and after World War II, civil rights activists and leaders, most notably Martin Luther King Jr., combated racial discrimination utilizing a vareity of strategies, including legal challenges, direct action, and nonviolent protest tactics.
APUSH KC - 8.2.1.A
APUSH KC - 8.2.1.A
Teaching guide
Spiral: Black Art and the Civil ...
Originally adorning an Assyrian palace, these reliefs let us look back to this ancient culture's sense of power, influence, and control that they had at a time when the world was not understood through the lens of modern science.
Assyrian Palace Reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II
The purpose and meaning of these Indus Valley Civilization terracotta figurines remains a mystery.
Indus Valley terracotta human figurines
Mortuary texts represent an ongoing, ever-evolving tradition that provides valuable insight into the afterlife beliefs and goals of the ancient Egyptians
Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Mortuary Texts
During the U.S. Civil War people moved across and outside the battlefield and home front, either by choice or by force
Refugees, prisoners, and displacement
An overview of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period in ancient Egypt
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, an ...
A brief overview of the predynastic and early dynastic periods in ancient Egypt
Predynastic and Early Dynastic, an introduction
Inka khipus are bundles of woolen cords tied together with knots added to them to encode information.
The Inka khipu
We can’t deny that one strand of the global Baroque is its Catholic, monarchical, and colonizing nature, but this doesn’t mean that there wasn’t room for artistic individuality, experimentation, or even dissent.
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