Articles in Antiquities
Birmingham Museum of Art opens The Look of Love. Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection
The Birmingham Museum of Art opens The Look of Love. Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection, an exhibition on view from February 7, 2012 to June 10, 2012. Exquisite in craftsmanship, unique in detail, and few in number, lover’s eye miniatures are small-scale portraits of individual eyes set into various forms of jewelry from late 18th- and early 19th-century England. Featuring an impressive 98 pieces, the collection is considered to be the largest of its kind, with only 1,000 lover’s eye miniatures ... Read More
National Archives Exhibition Gallery Shows Magna Carta
Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero and co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group David M. Rubenstein have unveiled the newly restored and encased 1297 Magna Carta, which is on loan to the American people by Mr. Rubenstein. The National Archives partnered with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the exacting design and fabrication of the encasement. At the unveiling, National Archives deputy director of the conservation laboratory Kitty Nicholson and NIST design ... Read More
Meadows Museum presents The Invention of Glory. Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University presents The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries a set of four recently restored 15th-century tapestries, known as the Pastrana tapestries, on view February 5 through May 13 2012. Probably produced under the direction of Passchier Grenier, tapestry merchant, Tournai (Belgium), detail, 1470s, Landing at Asilah (detail), 1475-1500, wool and silk, Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara and Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Pastrana, Spain. © ... Read More
Tampa Museum of Art announces From Utility to Aesthetics in Ancient Artwork exhibition
The Tampa Museum of Art presents From Utility to Aesthetics in Ancient Artwork exhibition an exhibition on view March 10, 2012 – January 6, 2013. Often beautiful in form and adorned with striking images, artifacts of the ancient Mediterranean world can be classified in myriad ways. Some are strictly utilitarian; others lean toward the decorative. These two are not mutually exclusive, however, as evidenced by ancient painted pottery, where form, function, and decoration frequently combine to great effect. ... Read More
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents Nomads and Networks. The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
First exhibition to examine ancient nomadic culture of Kazakhstan includes recently excavated, never-displayed material The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University (ISAW) presents the first U.S. exhibition to provide a comprehensive overview of the fascinating nomadic culture of ancient Kazakhstan. On view from March 7 through June 3, 2012, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan focuses on the peoples of the Altai and Tianshan regions, which are located in the ... Read More
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opens The Mourners. Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents The Mourners. Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy an exhibition on view JAN 21, 2012 – APR 15, 2012 in the Mellon Focus Galleries. Sculpture Mourner No. 52 from the Tomb of Jean Sans Peur (John the Fearless), second Duke of Burgundy. The Dukes of Burgundy were the wealthiest and most powerful aristocrats in northern Europe and oversaw a magnificent court. Although artists in every medium worked for them, it was the achievement of their sculptors in the 14th ... Read More
Artifacts from The Banks Project archaeological dig come to Cincinnati Museum Center’s Geier Collections and Research Center
CINCINNATI – In August, 2008, representatives from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), City of Cincinnati, and Hamilton County reviewed the potential impacts to the archaeological resources from the planned relocation and realignment of Mehring Way along Cincinnati’s riverfront. A major aspect of the multi-million dollar City-County investment in The Banks development, the Mehring Way realignment would create additional public space by reclaiming 40 acres for greenspace, event lawn, and water ... Read More
Charleston Museum opens Blasted. Assorted Projectiles and Explosives of the Civil War
The Charleston Museum presents Blasted: Assorted Projectiles and Explosives of the Civil War an exhibition on view January 13 through September 10, 2012. This original exhibition explores the varied and sometimes revolutionary artillery shells and small arms projectiles that were used during this country’s defining conflict. Artifacts on exhibit include a rare Quinlivan shot designed to penetrate Federal ironclads and a two-chambered incendiary shell likely intended for use in Charleston’s ... Read More
Rijksmuseum Indian masterpiece shown to be solid bronze
Research recently revealed that the Rijksmuseum’s monumental bronze statue of Shiva was cast in solid bronze. The thousand-year-old temple statue was X-rayed, along with the lorry transporting it, in the most powerful X-ray tunnel for containers of the Rotterdam customs authority. It is the first research of its kind on a museological masterpiece. At 153 cm x 114.5 cm, the Rijksmuseum’s Shiva is the largest known bronze statue from the Chola Dynasty (9th to 12th century) kept in a museological collection ... Read More
Walters Art Museum Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas Exhibition Features Artwork from Mexico to Peru Spanning More Than 2,500 Years of Creativity
The Walters Art Museum presents Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift an exhibition of 135 artworks from cultures that rose and fell in Mexico, Central America and Andean South America from 1200 B.C.–A.D. 1530. Drawn from the collection of John Bourne recently gifted to the Walters, this exhibition, on view February 12–May 20, 2012, expresses each culture’s distinctive aesthetics, worldview and spiritual ideologies. Effigy Bottle Northern Highlands, Peru, Early ... Read More
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