On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, wearing the skin from an elephant's head, trunk turned up and tusks protruding out, small dots surround the border. The other ...

The figure of the man dominates the foreground. The figure is dressed in dark orange with black lapels and shirt front, his skin tone is green, black shadows highlight beneath the eyes and right side ...

At left a small group of men in top hats and dark suits stand conversing with two women in white tutus. At center left, one man stands in three quarter profile facing away from us, folding his hand ...

Breenbergh specialized in paintings of Italianate landscapes with shepherds or small figures that enact scenes from the Bible or classical mythology. Here he represents an episode from Ovid’s ...

Cézanne’s fascination with the complexities of human perception and his desire to transcribe the abstract properties of vision established him as the central figure linking nineteenth-century ...

In a lavish room with ornate tapestries, a young woman with fair skin and long light brown hair lies against cushions on the floor, with only a silk sheet wrapped around her legs. A hookah and a fan ...

Rome’s first emperor, Augustus (r. 30 BCE–14 CE), wanted his descendants to rule over the Roman Empire, but as his chosen successors died one by one, the power fell to his stepson, Tiberius (r. 14–37 ...

"Der Eintanzer (Rebecca Horn) , 2014.199.5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/351633.

"Merz 8-9: Nasci (Kurt Schwitters)(El Lissitzky) , BR58.199,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 30, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/223183.

The vessel is round, narrowing slightly at the top and base with two high handles. It is painted black and in red there is a seated figure holding two spears. There are three other figures standing ...

A woman rests her fair-skinned face on her hand with elbows bent on her knees in front of her chest. Her delicate fingers frame her face. Her long wavey light brown hair extends down her back, she ...

In the foreground at center, lying on the hard desert ground, are the bodies of four men dressed in robes and cloth headdresses. Two more slain bodies are seen at left, and two more at right. Behind ...