Thomas Cole (American, b. England, 1801–1848), Aqueduct near Rome, 1832. Oil on canvas, 44 1/2 x 67 5/16 in. University purchase, Bixby Fund, by exchange, 1987 ...

Fernand Léger’s Les belles cyclistes (The Women Cyclists) depicts a group of four physically powerful women dressed in shorts and T-shirts at rest during a bicycle outing. The women stand or sit ...

Student educator Jay Buchanan considers how artists working in various artistic mediums have connected figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology to their own historical contexts.

Why do artists sometimes label their works "Untitled"? In this video Student Educator Lingran Zhang explores how the title of Untitled (Colored People Grid) by Carrie Mae Weems relates to the meaning ...

Join Manel Errando, assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, for a guided closer look at the Moon in Thomas Cole's 1832 painting Aqueduct near Rome.

Bring art to your home and classroom through interactive resources for different learning styles and developmental stages. Essays, guides, activities, and videos are designed to support various ...

Rebecca and John Voyles Chair of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis Any building can be understood within larger patterns of thinking about its ...

In the early 20th century, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso invented Cubism and shook the foundations of Western art. But in the 1930s, as the rise of fascism brought new urgency to questions of ...

Philip Guston (American, 1913–1980), If This Be Not I, 1945. Oil on canvas, 42 1/4 x 55 1/4 in. University purchase, Kende Sale Fund, 1945 ...

As part of the opening celebrations for Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s – 1970s, co-curators Eric P. Mumford and Michael E. Willis were in conversation with Sabine Eckmann, ...