Perspectives

A summer intern explores the context of ceremonial objects significant to RISD’s past and present.

Architects have been recognized as key figures in furniture design since the late 19th century, although they've certainly been designing furniture for far longer. But what compels them to do so?

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This article explores the concept of purity in criticisms of Inuit prints by briefly introducing the history of printmaking in Cape Dorset and looking at 1970s Western art historians' expectations of Inuit art.

For Yorùbá-speaking peoples in West Africa, cloth is equated with their most precious possession, children.

Five works on paper in the RISD Museum’s collection follow the arc of C

Egungun costumes are usually created from a wide variety of carefully chosen fabrics ranging from exquisite samples of local handwoven aso ofi to exotic fabrics imported from around the gl