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Image for Jews and the Decorative Arts in Early Modern Italy
Essay

Jews and the Decorative Arts in Early Modern Italy

May 1, 2020

By Abigail Rapoport

Jewish ceremonial objects—collectively referred to as Judaica—that survive from early modern Italy highlight the vibrant Jewish life from that period and region, even if Jews were generally restricted from producing these works.
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Museums Without Men: Edmonia Lewis

March 8, 2024

By Katy Hessel and Lisa E. Farrington

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Essay

Jews and the Arts in Medieval Europe

June 1, 2008, revised August 1, 2010

By Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Drake Boehm

Jews served as both patrons and artists, and the art that does survive reveals awareness by Jews of the artistic currents of the day and regular interaction with the majority Christian or Muslim (in the case of Spain) community.
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Tradition and Celebration Across the Jewish Calendar

February 20

By Riva Arnold

How do these exquisite examples of Judaica represent universal themes related to special days in the Jewish calendar?
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Jewish Art in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium

June 1, 2008

By Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Drake Boehm

In early Byzantine synagogues, specifically Jewish symbols—shofarot (ram’s horns), menorot (branched lamps), and Torah shrines—might appear alongside pomegranates, birds, lions, and fountains.
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Past Exhibition

Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman

February 17–May 15, 2022
Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman will be the first exhibition devoted to works on paper by the celebrated French artist who navigated vast artistic and political divides throughout his life—from his birth in Paris in 1748 to his death in exil…
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Opera Lafayette: Les Indes Galantes

June 2, 2017
In 1725 a group of Native Americans performed for King Louis XV, and inspired Rameau's Les Indes Galantes, or The Amorous Indies.
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CreativeMornings with George Lois

November 16, 2012
George Lois is perhaps best known for over ninety-two covers he designed for Esquire magazine between 1962 and 1972, but he is also a prolific art director and author.
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Jacques Louis David's Drawing The Death of Socrates | MetCollects

March 16, 2016

By Perrin Stein

"What is the path to a masterpiece?" Perrin Stein on Jacques Louis David's The Death of Socrates.
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The Two Tiffanys: Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany & Co.

October 12, 2017
In these two lectures, American Wing curators share research into two designers who worked with Louis Comfort Tiffany.
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Trapper's Rest

Samella Sanders Lewis (American, New Orleans, Louisiana 1924–2022 Torrance, California)

Date: 1947
Accession Number: 1999.529.126

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Art

Bar

Samella Sanders Lewis (American, New Orleans, Louisiana 1924–2022 Torrance, California)

Date: 1946
Accession Number: 1999.529.125

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Children

Samella Sanders Lewis (American, New Orleans, Louisiana 1924–2022 Torrance, California)

Date: 1941
Accession Number: 1999.529.123

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Arena

Samella Sanders Lewis (American, New Orleans, Louisiana 1924–2022 Torrance, California)

Date: 1947
Accession Number: 1999.529.121

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Church

Samella Sanders Lewis (American, New Orleans, Louisiana 1924–2022 Torrance, California)

Date: 1948
Accession Number: 1999.529.122

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Migrants

Samella Sanders Lewis (American, New Orleans, Louisiana 1924–2022 Torrance, California)

Date: 1967–68 (dated 1967)
Accession Number: 2023.28

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Portraits of Plantation People

Samella Sanders Lewis (American, New Orleans, Louisiana 1924–2022 Torrance, California)

Date: 1949
Accession Number: 1999.529.124a-i

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Art

Black power, black art ... and the struggle continues : political imagery from the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s

San Francisco State University

Date: 1994
Accession Number: NX512.3.A35 B6273 1994

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Boxer

Richmond Barthé (American, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 1901–1989 Pasadena, California)

Date: 1942
Accession Number: 42.180

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Art

For Colored Only

Elizabeth Catlett (American and Mexican, Washington, D.C. 1915–2012 Cuernavaca)

Date: 1946
Accession Number: 1999.529.29