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 ...
This subject’s furrowed brow and close-cropped hair, rendered with simple chisel marks, place this portrait in the third century, a time of prolonged political upheaval, when Roman emperors were ...
Under a bower of twining flowered branches, a woman and a man sit naked, side by side in a garden, sharing a kiss. A long, pale orange serpent is coiled along the ground at their feet, its head rising ...
A somber monochrome watercolor of mayhem and dissent at sea. The depiction of a sinking raft, with one furled and one billowing sail, stretches from one side of the drawing to the other. Great, curved ...
In profile facing left, a robed man with a dark beard and curly hair, sits in a chair on a dais, head bowed and staring straight ahead. A crested helmet, sword and shield lie next to him. His arm is ...
A light-skinned, gray haired man faces the viewer, visible from the chest up. He has long gray hair that is tied back with a black ribbon. His eyes are blue, and his complexion is pink, especially ...
The vessel has a shallow rim and symmetrical handles which are black and in red and black there are geometric floral and swirling designs on the neck and body of the vessel. In black on a red ground ...
A drawing of people spending time on a frozen waterfront. The waterfront is next to a mill and a bridge. Wooden sail boats are standing along by the shore. Some adult's figures are ice skating, ...
The gilt bronze sculpture is of a person standing upright and facing the viewer. They are standing barefoot on a small pedestal detailed with petals. The person’s right arm is down by their side, palm ...
Hatoum, a Palestinian born in Beirut, uses everyday objects and personal artifacts to examine the effects of exile and alienation. For this work she collected strands of her own hair and painstakingly ...