Regarded as a teaching aid, the C.B. Reif Collection was formerly used during Biology lectures. Although the fundamental purpose of the collection was to teach natural history, the prints are also of interest to art historians and general historians.
In a process that integrates the past into the present through the re-use of art history's forms, patterns, and figures, Aptekar challenges the passivity of influence and the burden of Old Master veneration.
Jon Carsman was a classic example of a creative and charismatic American artist who, during his short but productive career, lived a vibrant life and died tragically young. He was described as one of the New Realist or Photo Realist painters who…
By calling attention to the physical object, Johnnie Winona Ross allows the viewer to feel a sense of transendance beyond the weight of the object itself.