Art is practice,
Studies for The Libyan Sibyl Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475–1564 Red chalk, 113/ 8 x 8 7/16 in., ca. 1510–11 Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1924 24.197.2
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Art is simple,
Head from the figure of a woman Cycladic, Early Cycladic II Marble, H. 915/16 in., ca. 2700–2500 BC Gift of Christos G. Bastis 1964 64.246
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art is mastery.
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Johannes Vermeer, Dutch, 1632–1675 Oil on canvas, 18 x 16 in., ca. 1662 Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 89.15.21
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art is an impression.
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies Claude Monet, French, 1840–1926 Oil on canvas, 361/2 x 29 in., 1899 H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. 29.100.113
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Art is inventive,
Folio from The Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices Syria; author: Abu’l Izz Isma’il al-Jazari; copyist: Farkh ibn ’Abd al-Latif Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 1113/16 x 73/4 in., 1315 Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956 57.51.23
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