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Connections: Smile

March 22, 2011
Art historian Kathy Galitz on the meaning behind the smile.
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Exhibition

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style

Through October 26
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism.
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The Monumental Stelae of Aksum (3rd–4th Century)

October 1, 2000

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

These stelae are significant not only for their great stature but also their extraordinary design, as they have been carved to represent buildings of up to thirteen stories in height.
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Showing Signs: Hieroglyphs and Palettes in the Stela of Irtisen

November 2, 2015

By Niv Allon

Assistant Curator Niv Allon explores the unique use of an Egyptian hieroglyph in a Middle Kingdom stela currently on view in Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom.
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The Artist Project: David Salle

June 22, 2015
Artist David Salle reflects on Marsden Hartley in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Tikal: Stone Sculpture

October 1, 2001

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Of the forty-odd stelae and thirty accompanying altars carved in this manner at Tikal, eighteen feature royal portraits and historical texts.
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Rinpa Painting Style

October 1, 2003

By Department of Asian Art

Favored themes, which often contained evocative references to nature and the seasons, were drawn from Japanese literature.
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Essay

Empire Style, 1800–1815

October 1, 2004

By Cybele Gontar

Revolutionary conquests were echoed in the fine and decorative arts, in which figures of Fame and Victory abounded.
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Steel Drums in New York, 1977

September 3, 2020
In this thought-provoking film, musicians such as Ellie Mannette and Pete Seeger talk shop and explain what they love about the steel drum, from its origins in Trinidad and Tobago to its status as one of the world’s most popular musical instruments.
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The Artist Project: Pat Steir

June 22, 2015
Artist Pat Steir reflects on the Kongo _Power Figure_ in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Stele

Mildred Thompson (American, Jacksonville, Florida 1936–2003 Atlanta, Georgia)

Date: ca. 1963
Accession Number: RCE.100

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Marble grave stele with a family group

Date: ca. 360 BCE
Accession Number: 11.100.2

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Marble grave stele of a little girl

Date: ca. 450–440 BCE
Accession Number: 27.45

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The Bodhisattva Vajrapani

Date: 7th–early 8th century
Accession Number: 2015.500.4.9

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Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Mahisha

Date: second half of the 9th century
Accession Number: 2016.650

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Marble grave stele of a young woman and servant

Date: ca. 400–390 BCE
Accession Number: 36.11.1

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Vishnu

Date: 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 68.46

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Fragment of the marble stele (grave marker) of a hoplite (foot soldier)

Date: ca. 525–515 BCE
Accession Number: 38.11.13

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Marble grave stele of Antigenes

Date: end of the 6th century BCE
Accession Number: 15.167

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Marble stele (grave marker) of a young girl

Date: ca. 440–425 BCE
Accession Number: 11.141