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Drawing upon the European visual tradition of the idealized male nude St. Sebastian, Louise Bourgeois issued prints of her composition in several editions. Here she represents a voluptuous female form, without arms; arrows threaten to puncture her…

This work-one of the most important Northern Baroque paintings in the United States-is a strikingly sensitive vision of physical suffering. The third-century Saint Sebastian, shot with arrows by his fellow guardsmen for having converted to…

An exceptional colorist and the most sensitive of draftsmen, Barocci executed only a few prints. Not surprisingly, his approach to printmaking was quite painterly. Here he creates an atmospheric representation of Saint Francis receiving the stigmata…

Auguste Rodin is arguably one of the most influential artists of the modern age, and produced a vast array of sculptures in plaster, marble, and bronze, as well as many drawings. His works are known for championing the ruggedness, strength, and…

Hung Liu was born in Changchun, China, in 1948. Her father, a former Nationalist Army officer, was imprisoned by the Chinese Communist government in 1949, leaving Hung to be raised by her mother and several aunts in Beijing. As a teenager during the…

Kongo spiritual thought was dominated by the dualistic concept of natural order and oppositional chaos which were kept in balance by the chief, ancestors, and the individual, acting in societally prescribed manners.

With a breakdown in this…

Undoubtedly the most influential black intellectual of the twentieth century and one of America’s finest historians, W.E.B. Du Bois knew that the liberation of African Americans required liberal education and not vocational training. He saw education…

A playlist created by Mudd patrons that answered the question "Mudd Study Playlist: what songs motivate you to study?"