All Essays
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Considered the first art form in the region, cloth has possessed unparalleled importance in the Andes since the second millennium BC.
Julia McHugh
June 1, 2020
Faience, or tin-glazed and enameled earthenware, first emerged in France during the sixteenth century, reaching widespread usage among elite patrons during the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, prior to the establishment of soft-paste porcelain factories.
Iris Moon
November 1, 2016
Antonio Canova is considered the greatest Neoclassical sculptor of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Christina Ferando
July 1, 2016
Although most of MacMonnies’ works were conceived to be cast in bronze, the artist employed various media to achieve his creative goals.
Whitney Thompson
March 1, 2016
Silver objects in an astonishing variety of shapes and sizes reflect the wide array of influences that artisans translated into a characteristic Hungarian/Transylvanian style.
Wolfram Koeppe
February 1, 2016
Considered the father of French art pottery, Ernest Chaplet (1835–1909) played an influential role in nearly all genres of the movement.
Elizabeth Sullivan
December 1, 2014
The organic shapes, in particular, suggest that anatomical study and dissection played a significant part in the development of the characteristic idiom of the Auricular Style.
Femke Speelberg
May 1, 2014
Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV gilded Prague’s royal towers “so that they might powerfully shine and gleam at a far distance in fair weather.”
Barbara Drake Boehm
February 1, 2014
Prague became, under Rudolf's guidance, one of the leading centers of the arts and sciences on the continent.
Jacob Wisse
November 1, 2013
From its humble beginnings in 1742 to its closing about 1800, the Roentgen firm pioneered advancements in superb marquetry, innovative designs, visionary production methods, and forward-thinking marketing strategies.
Wolfram Koeppe
June 1, 2013