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Standout paintings from 90 minutes at the MET:
The Conversion of St. Paul (1456)
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (1465)
The Transformation of the Holy House of Loreto (1490)
The Adoration of the Christ Child (1515)
Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underword (1630s)
Pilate Washing His Hands (1663)
Capriccio with St. Paul's and Old London Bridge (1745)
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Christopher Burge, Christie’s chief auctioneer,
Sarah Thornton • Seven Days in the Art World
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Kyle Chayka
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Much of what was known in the Latin West about the intellectual life of the classical world was transmitted to it by Muslim scholars in Spain.35 The commercial life of the Muslim world had been far more advanced than that in much of Europe. Prestige goods and luxury wares, as well as silver and gold, flowed west into Europe, not the other way round
... See moreJohn Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
“He connects to the classical world in a way that is deeply emotive,” Dean said. “I’m interested in where your mind goes when you look at one of his works. It can go to memory, it can go to envy — you think, ‘God, that’s so perfect.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/arts/design/tacita-dean-drawings-twombly-menil.html