Jacopo Sansovino, Loggetta, Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1538–46 (attached to the reconstructed medieval bell tower) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Please see the essay for a detailed description

smarthistory.org/jacopo-sanso...

a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Letha Ch'ien on one of the most seen/overlooked #Renaissance buildings in #Italy

#architecture #ArchitecturalHistory #Venice #Venetian

Straight on photo of the palace looking across the reflecting pool against a bright blue sky. Reflections of the columns and the small potted bushes that line the pool can be seen in the water. Trees frame the palace in the background.

Chihil Sutun, a Safavid palace
a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Samira Fathi
#Safavid #Iran #architecture #architecturalhistory

smarthistory.org/chihil-sutun/

glass slides as artifacts of art history's history

new #Smarthistory video on a work by Theaster Gates
youtu.be/uowxZdQizSg

#art #arthistory #theCanon #reclaimed

That gorgeous Sasanian silver plate that catches your eye walking through the museum...

youtu.be/Q6ZaE12zaaY

#art #arthistory #smarthistory #Sasanian #Smithsonan #NMAA

Hughie Lee-Smith, The Walls
a new Smarthistory video
youtu.be/kAMWnCP5v0A

"What a beautiful and moving painting."
–viewer comment

#underappreciated #art #arthistory #smarthistory

Archibald John Motley Jr., Bronzeville at Night, 1949
a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/wMzwo5uQcI8

#art #arthistory #smarthistory #Bronzeville #Chicago

This early Kay WalkingStick from 1969 reframes her later work:
youtu.be/mts7BoWPt18

#art #arthistory #smarthistory

Isamu Noguchi, Gregory (Effigy)
a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/mlbM29X1v-k

#art #arthistory #smarthistory #Noguchi #sculpture

What is art provenance? A Getty Research Institute case study
and a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/pZWRxUxghVY

#art #arthistory #Smarthistory #Getty #GRI #provenance

A Buddhist Monk’s Dream Diary
a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/ehZAkNlzobw

#art #arthistory #Smarthistory #dreaming #Buddhism #Siddhartha

Shizu Saldamando, Sandra and Tammy, Hollywood Forever
a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/lxBBYhh_Po8

#art #arthistory #smarthistory

Light, color, and texture as pure visual pleasure, a late watercolor by Winslow Homer is the subject of a new video by #Smarthistory

youtu.be/cXda4w97pBc

#art #arthistory #watercolor #technique #fishing

Plate (identified as King Shapur II hunting boar), 4th century C.E. (Sasanian, Iran), silver and gilt, 5 x 24 cm (National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)

New photo set:
www.flickr.com/photos/profz...

one of 16,837 photos free for teaching and learning (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license)

#metalwork #Sasanian #ANE #WestAsia #Ancient #Smarthistory #art #arthistory

Hoe Jan van Eycks meesterwerk de geschiedenis van de kunst veranderde

#JanvanEyck #kunstgeschiedenis #MadonnametkanunnikJorisvanderPaele #meesterwerken #middeleeuwseschilderkunst #religieuzekunst #Smarthistory #VlaamsePrimitieven #Vlaamseschilderkunst

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