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Beaded collar (ingqosha), Xhosa artist, South Africa
A relatively humble example of Xhosa beadwork became a potent symbol of tradition as well as a statement of defiance in South Africa.
Man’s robe (boubou or kusaibi), unrecorded Mandinka artists
The boubou is a distinctive type of prestige dress worn by well-to-do men and women across a wide swath of western Africa.
Ibadandun woman’s wrapper, unrecorded Yoruba artist
The art of adire is one of continual change and innovation adapting to shifting social and economic circumstances.
Francisco Oller, Hacienda La Fortuna
Oller's Hacienda La Fortuna was painted as Puerto Rico experienced an intense transition at the end of the Spanish-American war.
The Dutch art market in the 17th century
More than 5 million artworks were produced in 17th-century Holland in the span of about 100 years
Painting Brazil for the Dutch art market, Frans Post, Landscape with Ruins in Olinda
Idealized depictions of sugar plantations and African laborers in Dutch-colonial Brazil were popular in the Dutch art market in the 17th century
Model of the Dutch East India Company ship “Valkenisse”
From Asia to the Netherlands, the Dutch East India Company dominated maritime trade in the 17th and 18th centuries
Depicting Judaism in a medieval Christian ivory
With two figures representing the Church and the Synagogue, this work demonstrates how Carolingians were negotiating the relationship between Christianity and Judaism
Rhod Rothfuss, Yellow Quadrangle
Rothfuss, an important voice in Latin American modernism, rejects recognizable forms by breaking the frame
The Prato Haggadah
This unfinished Hebrew manuscript meant for a Passover ritual helps us understand how medieval manuscripts were made
Michaelina Wautier, The Five Senses
This willfully forgotten Dutch artist explores how we experience the world around us during the time of the Scientific Revolution
Symbolism and meaning in Dutch still life painting
This collection of objects speaks to the international mercantile culture and wealth of the Netherlands in the 17th century.
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