Art Interpretations

Reliquary of Sainte-Foy, 9th century with later additions, gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood, Romanesque France Shiva as Lord of Dance (nataraja), Hindu, India (Tamil Nadu), Chola Dynasty, 11th century, cast bronze Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) is a bronze sculpture from the Chola Dynasty in India. It is a Hindu sculpture from the 9th-13th century. The Reliquary of Sainte-Foy depicts a young girl who was martyred because she was killed when she was fighting f

The Alhambra, Granada, Spain, Nasrid Dynasty, 1354-1391, white-washed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gliding The Alhambra in Granada, Spain was a fortress complex made in the Nasrid Dynasty of Islamic Spain and it was created sometime during 1354 to 1391 with white washed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gliding. It was a palace made for the caliphate, the leaders of an Islamic government, but also acted as a military fortress. Because of this, it had characteristi

Slave Ship, 1840s, Romanticism, oil on canvas Slave Ship is an oil on canvas painting that was made in 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner as part of the romanticism art movement. It was first unveiled at the Royal Academy exhibition and made after slavery was banned in England. Turner was inspired by Clarkson’s “History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament” (1839) and Thomson’s poem, “Summer” (1729

A Tête à Tête , 1743, Rococo, oil on canvas A Tête à Tête is an oil painting from the collection, Marriage à la Mode, by William...