Explore the many functions of the human image in art. Portraits, paintings and sculptures, both life-size and colossal, perform a role—assuaging loss, expressing strength, inspiring fear—and were instrumental in depicting the human body today.
Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.
Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology.
Explore light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
