The 1000++ Artworks of media Panel and containing the word bill viola, panel, 2000

Rembrandt van Rijn pursued self-portraiture more than any other artist in the Dutch Golden Age. Here he has portrayed himself as a self-assured young man, engaging his audience with a direct gaze. His eyes are shaded by the undulating brim of his beret, revealing as much as concealing his exchange w...

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These screens celebrate the rich harvest of autumn. The ripening millet attracts small birds—sparrows, buntings, and titmice—clamoring to satisfy their appetites. In contrast to the natural motifs, objects such as the bamboo fences, the net to capture small birds, and the scarecrow rattles hanging f...

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Probably intended for a small chapel, this triptych shows the Virgin Mary in the center flanked by Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Paul. On the left panel Saint Thomas Aquinas wears the Dominican habit and holds a book of his writings. On the right panel, Saint Paul turns toward the Virgin and holds ...

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Though united visually by an ink landscape of rugged mountains and islands among expanses of water and mists rendered in gold wash, this pair of screens depicts two wholly separate scenic locales in eastern China. At right is Jinshan, an island located in the middle of the Yangzi River near the town...

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On the left two three-masters are sailing out to sea under a cloudy grey sky. The wind is blowing six fishing pinks towards the land, where a group of people are standing around an auction of the latest catch in the middle ground. To the left of them a strange ritual called woman-rinsing is taking p...

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A woman wearing a long black robe sits on a wide, bench-like seat and holds a child on her lap in this vertical painting. Both have pale skin, rosy cheeks, and gold halos. The panel is shaped so that it is round around the woman’s head and halo; it then widens into a tall rectangle at her shoulders....

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The Leeuwarden Series: Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces of the States-General Daniel de Hertaing belonged to a noble family from Hainaut. He is first mentioned in the history books for leading 2,000 infantrymen and four cavalry divisions in the defence of Bergen-op-Zoom against Parma’s troops (1588...

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