Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault Portrait of a Man, 1818/19 Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault Sketches of Postillions and a Stagecoach, 1818/19 Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault A Stagecoach ...

This vase epitomizes the great achievements of the royal porcelain factory at Sèvres during the Napoleonic period. Sèvres was a chief beneficiary of Napoleon’s policy of resuscitating factories after ...

The monumental stacks that Claude Monet depicted in his series Stacks of Wheat rose fifteen to twenty feet and stood just outside the artist’s farmhouse at Giverny. Through 1890 and 1891, he worked on ...

In Peru, ancient ceramics are often called huacos, derived from the Quechua word huaca, which the Incas used for sacred objects and places. In turn, pot-hunters or looters are often called huaqueros.

Sigmar Polke was born in Silesia (present-day Poland), which became part of East Germany after World War II. He moved to West Germany in the 1960s, becoming one of a number of German artists who ...

The Art Institute’s extensive Applied Arts of Europe collection of 8,500 objects includes furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass, and wallpaper dating from 1100 to 1945. There is particular strength in ...

Flamborough Head, England shows Maggie Storey, one of Homer’s favorite models, standing resolutely upon the high chalk cliffs of Flamborough. Bearing the burden of a large basket and with her hands ...

As a god of the late dry season and early rainy season (May–June), Xipe Totec (“The Flayed One”) expresses regeneration. By the time of Spanish contact in 1519, the cult of this deity was widespread ...