Art

Explore the educational catalogue, one Discovery at a time.

Archive 00475
How Brunelleschi built the impossible dome
Archive 00513
The blue layers inside The Great Wave
Archive 00514
What a Benin casting preserves from its making
Archive 00515
Why Maya Blue is more than a dye
Archive 00516
The threads that make a tapestry an image
Archive 00517
The drawing beneath Tintoretto's painting
Archive 00943
Fresco gives a wall its painted skin
Archive 00944
Egg tempera builds colour with small strokes
Archive 00945
Oil glazes let light pass through colour
Archive 00946
Watercolour makes the paper part of the light
Archive 00947
Pastel places coloured particles on a surface
Archive 00948
A mosaic makes an image from separate pieces
Archive 00949
Stained glass changes with the light behind it
Archive 00950
Etching lets acid draw a printable line
Archive 00951
Lithography prints from a flat stone
Archive 00952
Screenprinting pushes colour through a stencil
Archive 00953
A cyanotype makes a blue photograph
Archive 00954
A photogram makes an image without a camera
Archive 00955
Collage makes new meaning from existing fragments
Archive 00956
Ceramic glaze turns a pot’s surface into glass
Archive 00957
Engraving cuts a printable line into metal
Archive 00958
Linear perspective gives a picture a viewpoint
Archive 00959
Chiaroscuro builds form with light and dark
Archive 00960
Sfumato softens the boundary of a face
Archive 00961
A still life makes ordinary things worth looking at
Archive 00962
A portrait constructs a public identity
Archive 00963
Abstract art asks colour and shape to carry meaning
Archive 00964
A diptych makes two panels speak together
Archive 00965
A museum label separates observation from interpretation
Archive 00966
A Chinese handscroll unfolds in time
Archive 00967
Chinese brush painting makes a stroke carry character
Archive 00968
Japanese ink painting uses empty space
Archive 00969
A Persian manuscript painting offers many viewpoints
Archive 00970
Mughal painting brings close observation to the court
Archive 00971
An Ottoman tile joins pattern to architecture
Archive 00972
Arabic calligraphy makes writing a visual art
Archive 00973
A Chola bronze gives a deity a movable form
Archive 00974
A Korean moon jar finds beauty in an uneven circle
Archive 00975
A waka huia protects valued Māori possessions
Archive 00976
An Asante goldweight makes a small sculpture practical
Archive 00977
Kente cloth builds pattern from woven strips
Archive 00978
A Yoruba crown makes authority visible
Archive 00979
An Andean tunic turns weaving into social language
Archive 00980
A Moche portrait vessel makes a face into a container
Archive 00981
Maya artists give writing a sculptural presence
Archive 00982
Artemisia Gentileschi paints a decisive moment
Archive 00983
Rembrandt makes an etched line feel different
Archive 00984
Vermeer stages a quiet interior
Archive 00985
Goya’s print series unsettles everyday reason
Archive 00986
Turner lets atmosphere loosen solid form
Archive 00987
Monet returns to a subject as the light changes
Archive 00988
Cézanne builds a picture from shifting colour planes
Archive 00989
Van Gogh makes a brushstroke visible
Archive 00990
Hilma af Klint paints ideas beyond visible objects
Archive 00991
Cubism rearranges the viewpoint
Archive 00992
Dada tests what can count as art
Archive 00993
Surrealism makes the familiar feel strange
Archive 00994
Käthe Kollwitz gives grief a public form
Archive 00995
Diego Rivera paints history for a public wall
Archive 00996
Frida Kahlo turns a self-portrait into a constructed world
Archive 00997
Jacob Lawrence tells a migration in a sequence
Archive 00998
Georgia O’Keeffe makes a small subject fill the frame
Archive 00999
Romare Bearden assembles a world through collage
Archive 01000
Yayoi Kusama turns repetition into an environment
Archive 01001
El Anatsui makes a hanging sculpture from metal fragments
Archive 01002
A Gothic cathedral uses light as part of its experience
Archive 01003
The Alhambra layers writing water and pattern
Archive 01004
A Japanese tea room makes attention part of design
Archive 01005
Bauhaus teaching joins material experiments and design
Archive 01006
A sculpture changes as its viewer moves
Archive 01007
An installation makes the room part of the work
Archive 01008
A long exposure lets time enter a photograph
Archive 01009
A documentary photograph has a maker and a context
Archive 01010
Conservation distinguishes a repair from an original surface
Archive 01011
An artist’s edition is a family of originals

Art

How Brunelleschi built the impossible dome

The blue layers inside The Great Wave

What a Benin casting preserves from its making

Why Maya Blue is more than a dye

The threads that make a tapestry an image

The drawing beneath Tintoretto's painting

Fresco gives a wall its painted skin

Egg tempera builds colour with small strokes

Oil glazes let light pass through colour

Watercolour makes the paper part of the light

Pastel places coloured particles on a surface

A mosaic makes an image from separate pieces

Stained glass changes with the light behind it

Etching lets acid draw a printable line

Lithography prints from a flat stone

Screenprinting pushes colour through a stencil

A cyanotype makes a blue photograph

A photogram makes an image without a camera

Collage makes new meaning from existing fragments

Ceramic glaze turns a pot’s surface into glass

Engraving cuts a printable line into metal

Linear perspective gives a picture a viewpoint

Chiaroscuro builds form with light and dark

Sfumato softens the boundary of a face

A still life makes ordinary things worth looking at

A portrait constructs a public identity

Abstract art asks colour and shape to carry meaning

A diptych makes two panels speak together

A museum label separates observation from interpretation

A Chinese handscroll unfolds in time

Chinese brush painting makes a stroke carry character

Japanese ink painting uses empty space

A Persian manuscript painting offers many viewpoints

Mughal painting brings close observation to the court

An Ottoman tile joins pattern to architecture

Arabic calligraphy makes writing a visual art

A Chola bronze gives a deity a movable form

A Korean moon jar finds beauty in an uneven circle

A waka huia protects valued Māori possessions

An Asante goldweight makes a small sculpture practical

Kente cloth builds pattern from woven strips

A Yoruba crown makes authority visible

An Andean tunic turns weaving into social language

A Moche portrait vessel makes a face into a container

Maya artists give writing a sculptural presence

Artemisia Gentileschi paints a decisive moment

Rembrandt makes an etched line feel different

Vermeer stages a quiet interior

Goya’s print series unsettles everyday reason

Turner lets atmosphere loosen solid form

Monet returns to a subject as the light changes

Cézanne builds a picture from shifting colour planes

Van Gogh makes a brushstroke visible

Hilma af Klint paints ideas beyond visible objects

Cubism rearranges the viewpoint

Dada tests what can count as art

Surrealism makes the familiar feel strange

Käthe Kollwitz gives grief a public form

Diego Rivera paints history for a public wall

Frida Kahlo turns a self-portrait into a constructed world

Jacob Lawrence tells a migration in a sequence

Georgia O’Keeffe makes a small subject fill the frame

Romare Bearden assembles a world through collage

Yayoi Kusama turns repetition into an environment

El Anatsui makes a hanging sculpture from metal fragments

A Gothic cathedral uses light as part of its experience

The Alhambra layers writing water and pattern

A Japanese tea room makes attention part of design

Bauhaus teaching joins material experiments and design

A sculpture changes as its viewer moves

An installation makes the room part of the work

A long exposure lets time enter a photograph

A documentary photograph has a maker and a context

Conservation distinguishes a repair from an original surface

An artist’s edition is a family of originals