A multitude of splendid special exhibitions are on view during the Fall of 2006. In order to help you keep track of the where-s and when-s of your favorites, Stan Parchin has assembled significant picks in the list entitled "Fall 2006 Special Exhibitions." To bump viewer enthusiasm up yet another notch, here we have a sampler of art images taken from nine shows. Included are (1) a society woman whose sensual portrait caused an enormous scandal in Paris, (2) a headless Egyptian Princess in a see-through gown, (3) a rather plain Spanish girl who nonetheless became Queen of France and (4) a slightly sado-masochistic hollow-cast vessel depicting a scheming wench riding sidesaddle on the back of Alexander the Great's tutor. (Those who claim Art History is dull clearly haven't looked closely enough.) Enjoy!
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- A Maiden with a Unicorn (Late 1470s)Image © The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford; Used with permission
- Baldassare Castiglione (1514-15)Image © Peter Harholdt; Used with permission of the High Museum of Art
- Aristotle and Phyllis (South Lowlands, Late 14th Century A.D.)Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permission
- Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) (1883-84)Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permission
- Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John (ca. 1500)Image © Städel Museum; Photo: Jochen Beyer, Village-Neuf; Used with permission
- Statue of an Amarna Princess (Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1353-1336 B.C.)Image © University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Used with permission
- Reconstruction of the Apse and Bema (Presbytery) of a Byzantine ChurchPhoto Courtesy of Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage; Used with permission
- Infanta María Teresa (ca. 1652-3)Image © Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Used with permission
- Saint Theodosia (Byzantine, Early 13th Century A.D.)© The Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt; Used with permission
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