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Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith. The ensemble dates back to 1974 in Basel, Switzerland, and is focused on recovering and disseminating music composed prior to the 19th century on the basis of historical criteria and the use of original instruments. It has since been renamed Hesperion...
Exhibits of Mesopotamian Art include earthenware, ceramics, Mesopotamian sculpture and numerous other works of Sumerian art (c.4500-2270 BCE), Assyrian art (c.1500-612 BCE) and Hittite art (c.1600-1180 BCE), as well as Ancient Persian cultures, including celebrated artifacts such as The Code...
The area was an ancient crossroads for the nomadic and steppe cultures and this is reflected in the objects in the Museum's collection. There is much very early material but, prob- ably of most interest, are the early textiles, bronzes and gold objects discovered in the area. Illustrated ...
Cultures, colors, elegance and edginess defines my unique drawings: mixing Indian heritage, using bright and vibrant colors, infused with silver and golden hues like rays of sunshine, and being inspired by the Swiss nature that surrounds me. ...
We have participated in some of the largest art fairs in the world including Art Basel, ArtExpo, Art Dubai, and put together shows of our own in galleries across America, Asia, and Europe, to allow artists to grow globally and experience the world of art through diverse cultures. Join ...
than that. It is the diversity of the continent, but in terms of focus on art from Africa and its Diaspora, it’s maybe helpful for others that there is a representation on the continent when recognizing that we are talking about many art movements, many countries, many ...
A User’s Guide to Digital Arts, Media & Cultures; and, The Digital Dialectic (all MIT Press). 2015-‐16 Dana and David Dornsife Fellow at the Huntington Library, working on a new book project titled City on the Edge of Forever: Los Angeles Beyond the Screen. T...
As much as Andrae owed to his predecessors in the museum and his archaeological colleagues, it was his rigid anthroposophical attitude that domi- nated his reception of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. There can be little doubt that this world view had been completely formed during ...
Quite a bit, it turns out. Both were objects of veneration whose remarkable craftsmanship represented the apex of their respective cultures’ artistic achievement. Both massive limestone statues were looted and purposely broken to make them easier to smuggle — telltale scars that decades later would...