Arthur Bruso

At 25 years old, young Jakob Bohme, had a spiritual vision that would change his life.

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

The cabinet of curiosities emerged during the 16th century. While some still exist today, the majority of them are no longer extant, but...

Souls in waiting: depictions of Purgatory And of that second kingdom will I sing Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself, And to...

Zapotec Tomb 104 at the American Museum of Natural History.

With this piece, Mark Dion explores our curiosity. The work is conceived as interactive, in that the viewer is welcome to take out the...

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

The Western Mexican civilizations centered in the modern states of Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima had learned to bury their dead deep under

Mark Dion made his reputation as an artist by reviving the wunderkammer for a post-modernist audience. Here with “Cabinet of Marine Debris,”

Our face can be our fortune, as well as tell our fortune.

Like most children, I was fascinated with dinosaurs.

At the onset of their civilization, the Olmec faced a grave challenge, which they did not understand.

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

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

Bowl depicting The Birth of Venus, with Triton and Eros attending.

Áve María, grátia pléna, (Hail Mary, full of grace). With this announcement, the Gospel according to Luke initiates us into the miraculous

Lamentation,1480

Many Mesoamerican cultures believed that the tomb was a transformative space akin to the womb. The tomb is a place where the spirit transiti

I have been contemplating this fountain, which is in the Cloisters. Lions have been used for millennia as fountain heads because of the...

After a period of mental instability which may have been brought on by his friend Paul Gauguin’s decision to leave Arles, Vincent Van...