Moment with a Masterpiece: ‘Salvator Mundi’
Since the time of Leonardo da Vinci, the “Salvator Mundi,” or ‘Savior of the World,’ has been the artist’s most copied work. His pupils and art students created many different versions, but da...
A Moment with a Masterpiece: ‘Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin’
In 1888, Vincent van Gogh moved to Arles in the south of France with his artistic rival, Paul Gauguin. Despite being one of the most famous artists in our collective consciousness, and a pioneer of the...
A Moment with a Masterpiece: Christ the Pantocrator
The Hagia Sophia, or “Holy Wisdom,” in Istanbul, Turkey was, for centuries, at the heart of the Christian Byzantine Empire. Then it was also the heart of the Muslim Ottoman Empire. Today it remains the...
‘Ghosts: French Holocaust Children’ Presented at Quick Center
It’s their eyes you see first. They stare into you, at you. Brimming with dreams and hopes for the future, of wishes to be nurses, teachers, parents, to grow into whoever they were meant to be in the future....
FUAM Brings Roman Masterpieces to U.S. for First Time
During my art history course in Florence we had a few free days to “rome” around Italy and explore different art, architecture and sites for ourselves. While in Rome, a group of friends and I decided to...