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Location. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Accession. 1993.345. The Mosaic Fragment with Man Leading a Giraffe is a mosaic from the 5th century CE, now held in the Art Institute of Chicago. The piece is Byzantine and originated in northern Syria or Lebanon. Mosaics of this type were commonly used to decorate wealthy family villas.
The collection of the Art Institute of Chicago encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world and contains more than 300,000 works of art in 11 curatorial departments, ranging from early Japanese prints to the art of the Byzantine Empire to contemporary American art. It is principally known for one of the ...
Lions. (Kemeys) Lions is a pair of 1893 bronze sculptures by Edward Kemeys, installed outside of the main entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The sculptures are well-recognized public artworks. The sculptures were commissioned by Florence Lathrop Field as a gift to the museum in memory of her late husband Henry Field.
The Art Institute of Chicago opened as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on May 24, 1879, and changed to its current name on December 23, 1882. [5] It was originally established as both a school and museum, and stood on the southwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Monroe Street, [ 6 ] where it rented space. [ 7 ]
Sculptures in the Art Institute of Chicago (14 P) Pages in category "Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Frances (née Kinsley) Hutchinson. . . ( m. 1857) . Parent (s) Sarah (née Ingalls) and Benjamin P. Hutchinson. Charles Lawrence Hutchinson (March 7, 1854 – October 7, 1924) was a Chicago business leader and philanthropist who is best remembered today as the founding and long-time president of the Art Institute of Chicago .
The Ryerson & Burnham Libraries are the art and architecture research collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The libraries cover all periods with extensive holdings in the areas of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century architecture and 19th-century painting, prints, drawings, and decorative arts. [1] A variety of materials important to scholarly ...
This year’s program starts Friday, May 24, with feedings at 11:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Going forward, they’ll happen at those times Thursdays through Mondays.