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Excavation to Exhibition: The Afterlife of Ancient Objects

College From the files Student Voices

An intern explores the history of works from the museum’s ancient collection, tracing the archaeological excavations that brought them to light and into the permanent collection.

group of flatware with hand placing serving spoon into frame

Critical Encounters: Recordings

Designing Innovation
College Curator Happenings

Recorded on 05.03.19.

Head of Christ or a Saint

College Student Voices

A colossal Romanesque head in the RISD collection has yet to be securely identified, but the sheen of his nose suggests that it was rubbed by many penitent hands during the course of this sculpture’s life.

Crusading Saint

College Student Voices

In the Middle Ages, several saints were represented as knights in art, making it difficult to identify RISD’s Crusading Saint. This article will explore his possible identities.

How Do We Imagine the Future?

College Student Voices

The future is an abstract concept, hard to decode and difficult to predict. A summer intern reflects on fashion and future in this creative writing piece.

Watercolor drawing of a thriving nature scene. We look down at a lush tangle of green leafy plant life with bluebells and white primroses. Five shining teal bird's eggs lay in a cozy moss and twig nest in the lower left.

Brief Biography of Jane Ogden

Drawing

Artist Jane Ogden (British, ca. 1845–1928) painted flowers and other still-life subjects in oil and watercolor.

Two images side-by-side. The left image is a 17th-century painting featuring a large heap of fruit and vegetables and a female figure. The right image is a contemporary photograph recreating the scene.

Unstilled Life

College Student Voices

A summer intern’s reinterpretation of a 1600s still life painting as lived ritual and faith in the present

Photographing David Greene's LogPlug and other drawings

Portfolio

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More Is More

The Inimitable Designs of Carlo Bugatti
Curator

An eclectic mix of North African, Moorish, Middle Eastern, and Japanese aesthetics, this desk and table are the original creations of Italian designer Carlo Bugatti.

Ingres Study in Three Parts

Curator

Insights into Ingres's studio practice and clues to his intellectual process

The Hypersexualization of Black People

College Student Voices

RISD student Abena Gyampo traces the history of the hypersexualization of black bodies from the early 19th century to contemporary popular culture

Defending the Right to Live: Political Prints in Providence, 1971

College

In 1971, a group of radical students in Providence produced stirring silkscreen posters. Their images contributed to the vibrant visual culture of antiwar protest.

229 Felixes

College Student Voices

A summer intern describes her experience delving into the RISD Museum's databases, searching for human elements

Fashionable dress women walks her dog in Boston Public Garden

American Drawings and Watercolors

Childe Hassam's Woman and Mastiff in the Boston Public Garden and Diamond Cove, Appledore
Curator Drawing

Childe Hassam, a successful young book and magazine illustrator, made h

Two Eggs, RISD Style

Curator Artist

The Museum recently acquired *Huevos de Los Angeles*, a collaborative work by two RISD alumni, Adam Silverman and David Wiseman. Here the artists describe how they created "eggs" to rival the most coveted variety.

Objects by Architects

College Student Voices

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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