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Objects Out of Place: Why Provenance Is an Art Historical Question
We often an artwork with a set of particular questions. Who made it? When was it made? What does it mean? Beyond these, there is another question that can be just as important. Where has it been? This is the question of provenance, the history of an object’s ownership and movement through time. Provenance is…
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Art Abloom: The Rose as an Ancient Symbol of Love, Death, and Rebirth
The rose is one of the most recognizable flowers in art. We associate it with love, romance, and beauty, but in the ancient world, the rose carried a far more complicated collection of meanings. It could signify youth and desire, but also death, transience, and the certainty that beauty eventually fades. In Greek and Roman…
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The Invisible Extensions of Ourselves
How does our body extend its senses through different art mediums? 1) The Painter’s Tool With practice, a painter stops thinking only about holding a brush. Pressure, angle, and motion become sensory cues, allowing the brush to feel like an extension of the hand. What begins as a separate object gradually becomes part of a…
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