Impressionism. 1860-1920 Medieval

Impressionism. 1860-1920 MedievalIt was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was exhibited in April 1874, critics seized upon the works title and its loose stylistic rendering of light and motion upon water to deride this new, impressionistic tendency in art. As with many seminal art movements, the critics got their comeuppance. Today, Impressionism is a close contender for the worlds favorite period of painting.

such as Psalm 142

Clara Schumann

codes and invented languages

But nearly two centuries of research now permit a rich picture of the Assyrians and their empire beyond the battlefield: their vast libraries and monumental sculptures

now the Victoria and Albert Museum

Make your own ingenious remix of words by Shakespeare

we see in the drawings both the germination of his sublime ideas and then their rigorous editing

accumulated a fine collection of works by James Joyce

Feeling starry-eyed

From Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberywocky” to Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and from Shakespeare’s sonnets to anonymous classics

magic lay at the very heart of culture

archaeological investigations