Imagine, it’s 510 B.C. and you live in ancient Athens. You’re heading to the agora to take a stroll through […] Read More
Tag: appropriation
In recent literature, scholars have begun to link the Greek Classical style to white supremacy. In Dr. Lyra Monterio’s article, […] Read More
Anonymous Reviewer: I love how the figure is depicted! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The motion of the figure is incredible. Myron, the sculptor, […] Read More
In the image above, some of you may not know the specific figure that Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein is looking […] Read More
Artist Michael Rakowitz’s new exhibition is full of gorgeous paper mache recreations of lost Iraqi artifacts, alongside major gaps in […] Read More
Sophie and The Temple The Temple of Dendur was an object of my imagination. To a shorter-than-average kid, it seemed […] Read More
(Allegedly) found on a wall in dwellings in Çatalhöyük, Turkey, this painting could be the first known landscape painting done by […] Read More
Agatha Christie had an interesting involvement in Mesopotamian archaeological digs and took much inspiration from them for her famous novels. […] Read More
Today we will look closely at two more monuments intended to glorify kings, created about 500 years apart. Building on […] Read More
Why are so many of the objects we studied in this unit in European or American museums? Readings: Neil MacGregor, […] Read More
Why did millions of Americans stand in line for up to five hours to catch a glimpse of an ancient […] Read More
Everyone loves mummies. But mummies only exist because of the ancient Egyptians’ deeply felt religious beliefs about the afterlife – […] Read More
How did Christianity go from being the despised, persecuted religion of perhaps 5% of the Roman Empire to being the […] Read More
One of the most innovative and beautiful buildings in the world has meant many things to many people over the […] Read More
Similarities and differences in how Christianity and Islam aestheticize the written word in sacred books produced between the 7th and […] Read More
Another one of the world’s most spectacular buildings, that is also hotly contested. How is this debate similar to, and […] Read More
This course is predicated on a number of questionable assumptions — a coherent thread that ties together artistic production and […] Read More
