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Close up of a drawing by Rembrandt of Christ crucified on the cross
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"For me a great work of art is something that goes beyond the image that it’s depicting."
Nadine M. Orenstein
July 23, 2013
Bundle of Emotions by Yaelle Biro
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"It has all these apertures almost as if it is breathing and hearing what is around it."
Yaëlle Biro
July 17, 2013
Starting Over by Elizabeth Cleland
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"This tapestry is almost the antithesis of what one expects from a great sixteenth-century weaving."
Elizabeth Cleland
July 17, 2013
Motion Picture by Asher Miller
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"It's a still image, but I see it in motion."
Asher Miller
July 10, 2013
Line by Sheila Canby
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"There's no break in the line; there's no hesitation in the hand of the artist."
Sheila Canby
July 10, 2013
Fashion Plate by Pierre Terjanian
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"I look at armor as hollow, moving sculptures."
Pierre Terjanian
July 3, 2013
Monsters by Kiki Karoglou
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"This makes you think about beauty and especially female beauty as being both enchanting and dangerous."
Kiki Karoglou
July 3, 2013
Ephemeral by Nonnie Frelinghuysen
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"I think he looked at this with special eyes and those eyes help transform the way we look at nature."
Nonnie Frelinghuysen
June 26, 2013
Paradox by Maryam Ekhtiar
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"Works of art aren’t what they seem always."
Maryam Ekhtiar
June 26, 2013
Love by Mia Fineman
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"When you are truly in love and then you lose it, you feel like you’re being emptied out."
Mia Fineman
June 25, 2013