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At the Brooklyn Museum, New York City

How did cabinets of curiosities become temples to the Enlightenment? Explore the fascinating history of museums.

1. A brief history of the art ...

Cast gallery, V&A, London (photo: stu smith CC BY-ND 2.0) — "It is to kill art to make history of it" — the neutralizing effect of the art museum.

3. Art Museums and (Art) Objects

Samuel F. B. Morse, Gallery of the Louvre, 187.3 x 274.3 cm (Terra Foundation for American Art) — 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

Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream, 1840, oil on canvas, 134.7 x 213.6 cm (Toledo Museum of Art) — Far from being neutral, museum are deeply rooted in a thicket of political, sociological, and ideological histories.

6. Looking at Art Museums

francis_guy_brooklyinwinter — This snowy image of a bygone Brooklyn is sprinkled with farm animals, townspeople... and casual racism.

Daily life in 1820 Brooklyn

Folding Screen with the Siege of Belgrade (front) and Hunting Scene (reverse), c. 1697-1701, Mexico, oil on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, 229.9 x 275.8 cm (Brooklyn Museum) — 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 ...

Francis Guy, Winter Scene in Brooklyn — This snowy image of a bygone Brooklyn is sprinkled with farm animals, townspeople... and casual racism.

Francis Guy, Winter Scene in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Biombo (detail) — 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 ...

Jerónimo de Balbás, Altar of the Kings (Altar de los Reyes) (detail) — […]

New Spain in 12 works

Façade of the ex-convento of Tecali de Herrera, 16th century, Puebla, Mexico (photo: Luis Espinoza) — […]

Expanding ideas about renaissance art

Frida Kahlo, Frieda and Diego Rivera, 1931, oil on canvas, 39-3/8 x 31 inches or 100.01 x 78.74 cm (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) — […]

Latin American art, an introduction

Japonisme thumb — The distinctive qualities of Japanese art offered striking new approaches to modern artists developing alternatives to the Western tradition of naturalistic representation.

A-level: Japonisme

Japonisme thumb — The distinctive qualities of Japanese art offered striking new approaches to modern artists developing alternatives to the Western tradition of naturalistic representation.

Japonisme

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George Bellows, Pennsylvania Station Excavation, oil on canvas, c. 1907-08 (Brooklyn Museum) — The awesome beauty of a large hole in the earth, dug to bring railroads to Manhattan.

Before Penn Station, Bellows & old NYC

George Benjamin Luks, Street Scene (Hester Street), 1905, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 91.1 cm (Brooklyn Museum, 40.339, Dick S. Ramsay Fund) — Visiting the Lower East Side in 1905

George Benjamin Luks, Street Scene (Hester Street)

One artist's account of a daring act.

Teaching guide: Eastman Johnson, A Ride for ...

Though at first glance this nude seems plucked from classical antiquity, it actually alludes to modern politics.

Hiram Powers, The Greek Slave