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1001 — AN INDEPENDENT ART PUBLICATIONLIBERTY OF ART. ART OF LIBERTY.EDITION 01 / THE OPEN JOURNAL
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Source image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tap to examine the image in detail.
THE WORK, INTERPRETED

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DESIGN HISTORY

The Microscope Wore Gold

An eighteenth-century scientific instrument that refuses the separation of beauty and usefulness.

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Star-Shaped Tile — Maker unknown
The Object Maker · Iran / probably Kashan

Star-Shaped Tile

Maker unknown · 13th–14th century

Ceramic Vessel — Maker unknown
The Object Maker · Ecuador / Chorrera

Ceramic Vessel

Maker unknown · 12th–4th century BCE

Sundial — Goldsmith Chandlee
The Object Maker · United States

Sundial

Goldsmith Chandlee · c. 1800