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The Impression of Wholeness

What does it really mean to “own” a piece of art?

Assyrian relief with a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape behind the figure in the background
Limestone Assyrian relief with a low-relief carving of two men bearing gifts

Keeping Culture Alive

Two scholars consider the displacement of Assyrian people and their art
By Sarah Graff and Sargon Donabed Aug 3, 2022

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A small bronze sculpture of a seated boy pulling a thorn from the bottom of his foot appears set against a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape in the background.

Spinario’s Thorn

What can Antico’s small, bronze sculpture teach us about pain, mindfulness, and the creative process?
Brown and beige fragment of a floor mosaic with a brown-skinned woman with curly brown hair, a headpiece, and earrings set against a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape in the background.

The Personification of Ktisis

What does this mosaic reveal about representation in the Byzantine world?
Detail of a Honus Wagner baseball card, showing his face against an orange background, with a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape behind the figure in the background

Baseball Card Collecting’s “Holy Grail”

Why is the Honus Wagner card so valuable, and what can it tell us about the history of commerce, marketing, and consumerism?
A detail from Thomas Cole's landscape painting "The Oxbow" set against a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape in the background.

Questioning Cole’s Romantic Wilderness

“The perception of America as an uninhabited wilderness is, in its own way, a historical fiction.” – Alan C. Braddock, professor and ecocritic

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