Asawa was interned in World War II, but we must be careful about interpreting her artworks as related to that trauma.
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Pompeii, once called the "City of the Dead," gives a marvelous sense of day-to-day Roman life.
Pompeii, an introduction
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The question of pregnancy in Jan van ...
Two portraits capture the ambition and impudence of Titian's close friend and publicist.
Titian, two portraits of Pietro Aretino
No one knows exactly how the people of Nan Madol created this royal capital made of giant stones.
Nan Madol: “In the space between things”
This ivory statue of a young man bears similarities to both Greek and Egyptian art.
Statuette of a Male Figure (The Palaikastro ...
This delicate type of pottery helps us understand the far-reaching trade networks in the ancient Mediterranean.
Kamares Ware Jug
This beautifully painted sarcophagus depicts an elaborate burial ritual—was it made for royalty?
Hagia Triada sarcophagus
This hollow stone vessel in the shape of a bull's head is both frighteningly realistic and beautifully stylized.
Bull’s Head Rhyton
The exuberant procession depicted on this small but luxurious object celebrates the fruits of farming the land.
Harvester Vase
This vase with a charming image of a writhing octopus was made during the height of the Minoan sea trade.
Octopus vase
Goddess, priestess, or simply a Minoan woman? Mysteries abound in this small figurine from Knossos.
Snake Goddess
Athletic youths spring over a powerful bull—who are they, and why are they performing such a dangerous act?
Bull-leaping fresco from the palace of Knossos
Weems confronts identity, family, and the myth of home in this iconic series of photographs.
Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird), ...
Kaphar takes a violent history and renders it visible in this modified portrait of Andrew Jackson.
Titus Kaphar, The Cost of Removal
This woman's striking profile has long fascinated viewers, but we know surprisingly little about who she is.
Minoan woman or goddess from the palace ...
![Andy Warhol, Coca-Cola [3] (detail), 1962, casein on canvas, 176.2 x 137.2 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts)](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Andy-Warhol-Coca-Cola-thumb-570x350.jpg)
With this canvas, Coca-Cola [3], Warhol becomes Warhol.
Warhol, Coca-Cola [3]
How did cabinets of curiosities become temples to the Enlightenment? Explore the fascinating history of museums.
A brief history of the art museum
Delacroix's unusual choice of scenes in these murals bewildered critics for over a century.
Eugène Delacroix, Murals in the Chapel of ...
Art museums and politics have a long and complex relationship; nowhere is this more apparent than the Louvre.