Blog Layout

Book Research: The Arab Jeweler

Day • Dec 22, 2017

You can tell I’m in research mode as I keep finding little snippets of things that set my mind spinning. And of course, I have to save some of these snippets for fear I shall forget.

Today’s inspiration is an oil painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art called The Arab Jeweler from about 1882 by Charles Sprague Pearce (1851–1914). It is very much in line with the rise of public interest in the “exotic” and Orientalist themes, but I will say, I still found the image striking.

By ABBEY WHITE 05 Dec, 2023
The new commitment, which aims to increase documentary programming by, for and about disabled communities, will support the disability history series 'Renegades,' and includes a talent incubator and expanded accessibility features for the PBS programming.
By Day 11 Nov, 2019
Notes from my time writing “ The Labyrinth’s Archivist ” and fun tidbits.
By Website Editor 01 Mar, 2019
Notes from my time writing “ The Labyrinth’s Archivist ” and fun tidbits.
Show More
Share by: