Arthur Bruso
Little Cubes
In the spring of 1914, Picasso was still deep in exploring cubism and its possibilities as sculpture.
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Arthur Bruso
- Sep 20
- 8 min
Playing God
The first recorded Mesoamerican people, the Olmec (c. 1,600 – 400 BC) conceived of a god that controlled the life-giving rains.
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Arthur Bruso
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Mark Dion: An Archaeology of Disorder
An Archeology of Disorder was conceived by Mark Dion while artist in residence at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
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Arthur Bruso
- Apr 4
- 13 min
Flash in the Pan
At 25 years old, young Jakob Bohme, had a spiritual vision that would change his life.
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Arthur Bruso
- Feb 21
- 12 min
Unnatural Order
A female figure of the Cihuateteo type, depicts a woman who died during childbirth. The closed eyes and open mouth illustrate the trope of t
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Arthur Bruso
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Mark Dion’s The Phantom Museum
The cabinet of curiosities emerged during the 16th century. While some still exist today, the majority of them are no longer extant, but...
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Arthur Bruso
- Jul 12, 2021
- 19 min
Pray Me to Heaven
Souls in waiting: depictions of Purgatory And of that second kingdom will I sing Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself, And to...
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Arthur Bruso
- May 28, 2021
- 15 min
Domestic Abyss
Zapotec Tomb 104 at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Arthur Bruso
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min
Memory Box by Mark Dion
With this piece, Mark Dion explores our curiosity. The work is conceived as interactive, in that the viewer is welcome to take out the...
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Arthur Bruso
- Dec 10, 2020
- 31 min
Secrets of the Tome
For what is a grimoire, but a collection of magic spells recorded and used to call upon the supernatural to intercede in the lives of humans
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Arthur Bruso
- Sep 23, 2020
- 6 min
Warriors Against the Invisible
The Western Mexican civilizations centered in the modern states of Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima had learned to bury their dead deep under
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Arthur Bruso
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
Cabinet of Marine Debris by Mark Dion
Mark Dion made his reputation as an artist by reviving the wunderkammer for a post-modernist audience. Here with “Cabinet of Marine Debris,”
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Arthur Bruso
- Apr 25, 2020
- 13 min
It's All Over Your Face
Our face can be our fortune, as well as tell our fortune.
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Arthur Bruso
- Mar 28, 2020
- 1 min
Brontosaurus by Mark Dion
Like most children, I was fascinated with dinosaurs.
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Arthur Bruso
- Mar 26, 2020
- 12 min
Birthing the Future
At the onset of their civilization, the Olmec faced a grave challenge, which they did not understand.
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Arthur Bruso
- Jan 10, 2020
- 24 min
Disempowering the Devil
The devil has worn many guises throughout history from the God’s Questioner in the Book of Job to the suave deceiver Mephistopheles of Faust
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Arthur Bruso
- Oct 10, 2019
- 7 min
Jaws of Death - The Kuntz Axe
The visual center of the Kuntz Axe is focused on the snarling, horrifying mouth which is the most detailed and attentively carved area of th
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Arthur Bruso
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min
The Birth of Venus - Victorian Bowl
Bowl depicting The Birth of Venus, with Triton and Eros attending.
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Arthur Bruso
- Jun 26, 2019
- 6 min
Whispering Across the Void - Giovanni d’Ambrogio’s Annunciation
Áve María, grátia pléna, (Hail Mary, full of grace). With this announcement, the Gospel according to Luke initiates us into the miraculous
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