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  • The Group

    Sparrows, Edo Period, by Kubo Shunman. Woodblock print, Ukiyo-e. These prints were created to be affordable and to appeal to a broad audience.

  • Jewel to Hold Jewels

    Jewel Box, c. 1900 by Archibald Knox. Knox used Celtic designs as influence for the line of precious metal products he designed for the famous Liberty & Co. department store in London. His line…

  • Blue Dog

    Blue Period, 1981 by William Wegman. This work references Picasso’s Blue period. Wegman has used his dogs as his models and muses.

  • Natural Shapes

    Teco Vase, early 20th century, Terra Cotta Tile Works – Teco. Teco’s matte finishes and organic shapes have become synonymous with the Prairie School movement. Frank Lloyd Wright had them produce some of his…

  • Why Change a Good Thing

    Garden Study of the Vickers Children by John Singer Sargent, Flint Institute of Arts. This study is very similar in subject and lay-out to the finished painting entitled Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose which was…

  • Keeping Track of Time

    Aztec Calendar, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City Mistakenly identified as a calendar, this was a large stone used in sacrificial ceremonies. The Aztec calendar is based on 20 day signs, which are in…

  • Star Dragon

    Dragon of Marduk, Neo-Babylonian, Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, Detroit Institute of Arts. The Latin word for dragon, draco means both dragon and snake. This glazed brick representation of a dragon comes from Babylon of…

  • Painted Windows

    2nd Style Roman Painting c.40-30 B.C., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Second style combines naturalistic scenes with architectural elements. Perspective was not fully developed for roughly 1500 years, so what the scenes lacked in…

  • Building Bridges

    Woman with a Cat, 1921 by Fernand Léger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ©1999 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Léger’s early study of architecture can be seen in the lines and lay-out…