Mount Holyoke College special events brochure for the institution's 125th anniversary. Events include a celebration of Mary Lyon's birthday, an exhibition entitled "Women Artists in America Today,"an opening reception, a lecture by Arthur...
Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca, from a Persian manuscrip, offers an example of frequent travel in the medieval world. Bby 13c, Arab shipping had made Indian Oceans a particular Muslim preserve.
Seljuk glazed tilework of the 13th Century from the Friday Mosque, Isfahan, Persia,
Distinguishing characteristic of Islamic art was its emphasis, religiously inspired, on abstract decoration frequently combined with calligraphyl
Mount Holyoke College Friends of Art brochure for an opening reception of "14 American Women Printmakers of the 30's and 40's." Artists include Peggy Bacon, Isabel Bishop, Mabel Dwight, Wanda Gag, Marian Greenwood, Doris Lee and Clare...
14th century (1300-1399), 15th century (1400 - 1499
15th Century battle scene.. Arguably, tenets of chivalry waned as Anglo-French conflict went on. In semi-autobiographical work of Jean du Bueil (d.1477), entitled Le Jouvencel, chivalric sentiment gives way to patriotism, as it presents a sober...
16th Century (1500 - 1599), 17th Century (1600 - 1699)
Lutheran Sweden, unsympathetic as it was to the emotionalism of Baroque, could not help catching something of its exuberance. Pulpit of Weckholm parish church, dating from 1640, is an early example; direct influence is Flanders, rather than Italy;...
16th Century (1500 - 1599), 17th Century (1600 - 1699)
Calvinists totally rejected art and imagery. Plain bare rooms centered not on altar but on pulpit, a sign that sermon had replaced mass as heart of service.
Century saw numerous messianic and millenarian movements, both Christian and Jewish. In 1648 Zabbatai Zevi, 1626-76, a Jew of Smyrna, declared himself the Messiah and attracted a host of disciples in the Jewries of Europe. This woodcut from an...
