Michelle Plastrik
Author
Michelle Plastrik is an art adviser living in New York City. She writes on a range of topics, including art history, the art market, museums, art fairs, and special exhibitions.
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Colorful Travelogues for the Medieval Reader
The Getty Center’s ‘Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages’ provides an in-depth look at the varied reasons and modes of medieval travel.
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Masterpieces of European Decorative Arts
The Frick Collection’s ‘To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum’ offers visitors the first chance to view these objects in North America.
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Tiffany’s Dazzling Dragonflies
The symbolic insect became a popular motif for European and American jewelers at the turn of the 20th century.
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Sardonyx Cameos of Emperor Augustus
These magnificent museum gemstone cameos depict Augustus as a heroic leader and imply his equality with the gods.
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‘St. Francis in the Desert’: A Beloved Bellini Painting
Giovanni Bellini’s painting poetically communicates St. Francis’s devotion and contemplation.
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Suffolk, Sutton Hoo, and World War II
One of the greatest archeological sites of medieval treasures was unearthed in 1939.
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Patriot Paul Revere: America’s Most Famous Silversmith
Aside from his patriotism, Revere is known for being one of colonial America’s most prolific silversmiths.
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Autumn in New York: Exquisite Tiffany Studios Stained Glass
The brilliant glass windows reveals the scientific and artistic genius of the company’s founder and employees.
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The Rare Black Book of Hours
One of the Hispanic Society Museum and Library’s greatest treasures will be restored thanks to a prestigious double grant.
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‘Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer’
Three institutions collaborated to exhibit 35 of Ruysch’s exquisite floral paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Colorful Travelogues for the Medieval Reader
The Getty Center’s ‘Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages’ provides an in-depth look at the varied reasons and modes of medieval travel.
|
Masterpieces of European Decorative Arts
The Frick Collection’s ‘To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum’ offers visitors the first chance to view these objects in North America.
|
Tiffany’s Dazzling Dragonflies
The symbolic insect became a popular motif for European and American jewelers at the turn of the 20th century.
|
Sardonyx Cameos of Emperor Augustus
These magnificent museum gemstone cameos depict Augustus as a heroic leader and imply his equality with the gods.
|
‘St. Francis in the Desert’: A Beloved Bellini Painting
Giovanni Bellini’s painting poetically communicates St. Francis’s devotion and contemplation.
|
Suffolk, Sutton Hoo, and World War II
One of the greatest archeological sites of medieval treasures was unearthed in 1939.
|
Patriot Paul Revere: America’s Most Famous Silversmith
Aside from his patriotism, Revere is known for being one of colonial America’s most prolific silversmiths.
|
Autumn in New York: Exquisite Tiffany Studios Stained Glass
The brilliant glass windows reveals the scientific and artistic genius of the company’s founder and employees.
|
The Rare Black Book of Hours
One of the Hispanic Society Museum and Library’s greatest treasures will be restored thanks to a prestigious double grant.
|
‘Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer’
Three institutions collaborated to exhibit 35 of Ruysch’s exquisite floral paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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