Woodblock Print: Torii Kiyoshige
Posted: February 4, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Asia, Japan | Tags: Collected nicknames of the floating world, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, Kobe, Nishinomiya, Nishinomiya Shinroku, Nishinomiya Shrine, RISD Museum Leave a comment
Torii Kiyoshige
Japanese, fl. 1720s-1760s
Nishinomiya Shinroku, publisher
Otani Hiroji II (Nidai Otani Hiroji),
Collected nicknames of the floating world, 1750s-1760s
Polychrome woodblock print/RISD Museum
Giuseppe Cesari: Perseus and Andromeda
Posted: December 27, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, History | Tags: Giuseppe Cesari, Italy, Mythology, Painting, Perseus and Andromeda, Renaissance, RISD Museum, Rome, Venice 2 Comments
Italian, 1568-1640
Perseus and Andromeda, ca. 1592
Oil on slate
Aphrodite, 2nd Century, Greece
Posted: November 25, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, History | Tags: Ancient Greek art, Aphrodite, Artifact, Bronze, Greece, RISD Museum, Sculpture 1 Comment
Aphrodite
Unknown artist, Greek
Aphrodite, 2nd century BCE
Bronze
Height: 47.3 cm (18 5/8 inches)
RISD Museum
