All posts by Kathleen Vongsathorn

Group 5

Charlie Hoyt

Charlie Hoyt, http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/5GmdydCIS9q560dhvZ-tFg

 

Emma Glubiak

Emma Glubiak, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.145.2

 

Chloe Connell

Chloe Connell, Pair of footbinding shoes from China, http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/69981?=&imgNo=0&tabName=online-information

Group 4

Paul Polk 1 Paul Polk 2

Paul Polk: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/84156?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=Yves+Saint+Laurent&pos=10 –dark green jacket

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/79597?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=Yves+Saint+Laurent&pos=9 –tan colored jacket

 

Sam Potoczak

Sam Potoczak

 

Chris Radomski

Chris Radomski, Frog Ornament Necklace, http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/317878

Group 3

Emma Sherry 1 Emma Sherry 2

Emma Sherry: There are no known pictures of the actual Peacock Throne because it was lost in the eighteenth century. However, Shah Jahan is often depicted sitting upon the throne in many paintings, including in the portraits shown above.

First painting: http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/taj_mahal/tlevel_1/t7_reign.html

Second painting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock_Throne#mediaviewer/File:Shah_Jahan_op_de_pauwentroon.jpg

 

Lizzi Walsh

Lizzi Walsh

 

Chris Sutka

Chris Sutka

 

Neysa Braimah

Neysa Braimah, Dutch lost wax cloth

Group 2

Josh Radack

Josh Radack, Bolas from the National Museum of the American Indian, Link: http://www.nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/item.aspx?regid=2609&irn=197379

 

Thomas Martin

Thomas Martin, One of the forty eight original copies of the Gutenberg Bible that was printed. This specific copy is located in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

 

Kathleen NolanKathleen Nolan 2

Kathleen Nolan, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/34.86.1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YSVK1quFa4

 

Khadeja Moses

Khadeja Moses, Seated Statue of Hatshepsut found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Group 1

Alex Storozum

Alex Storozum: The Army of Charles V crossing the Elbe

http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/368496?rpp=30&pg=1&ao=on&ft=charles%2Bv&pos=8&imgNo=0&tabName=online-information

 

Peter Todaro

Peter Todaro, My podcast focuses on a first edition copy of the Communist Manifesto recently purchased by the British Library. I examine the social, political and economic context of the object and the two men that created it, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

 

Monika Niroula

Monika Niroula

 

Matt Sancilio Matt Sancilio 3Matt Sancilio 2

Matt Sancilio, Powder Horn, http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/24648?high=on&rpp=30&pg=2&rndkey=20141003&ft=*&when=A.D.%2B1600-1800&pos=49&imgNo=3&tabName=gallery-label