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Detail from Sanford Robinson Gifford's "A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove), a vast landscape in mostly gold hues.
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“The artist daringly creates an enormous void, and what he does so brilliantly is to fill the void with this extraordinary light.”
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
June 14, 2013
Detail of a pen and brown ink self portrait by Albrecht Dürer
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"All kinds of aesthetic decisions are taken that make the jump from an observation to a work of art."
Stijn Alsteens
June 12, 2013
Sea Change by Barbara Weinberg
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“The sea is a universal realm, and it's a place that we don't really understand.”
H. Barbara Weinberg
June 5, 2013
Startled by John Carpenter
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"Your perception of reality, your normal expectations of how you view things, is completely confounded."
John T. Carpenter
May 29, 2013
Archival still with text card reading "Glories of Medieval Art: The Cloisters"
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Philippe de Montebello, former Director of The Met, guides viewers through The Cloisters, pointing out Romanesque and Gothic architecture and artwork, beautiful tapestries, and the diverse species in the gardens.  He outlines the history of the building and its many influences and highlights significant works of art in the collection.
April 18, 2013
Early Greek sculpture of a standing youth.
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"His power resides in his beautiful body and the steadfast gaze."
April 12, 2013
Reading Matisse by Rebecca Rabinow
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"There are these gorgeous, sublime images, but there's also a sense of worry."
Rebecca Rabinow
March 27, 2013
Close up view of the pattern of blue and gold flowers that make up the center swirl in a Turkish tughra.
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"By looking closely I really discovered that there is a system. That there is a beauty. There is a sense of music even behind how these flowers work together."
Deniz Beyazit
March 6, 2013
My First Time by George Goldner
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"To me the works of art that have the greatest impact are the ones that begin with reality and expand on the experience of reality."
February 27, 2013
Thinking Aloud by Carmen Bambach
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"I can see the humanity in a way, the figure breathing."
Carmen C. Bambach
February 20, 2013