Doryphoros

Doryphoros

The Doryphoros, Roman, 120–50 BCE. The Doryphoros, or Spear Bearer, represents the perfect man, reflecting mathematically precise proportions. This is one of four surviving copies of the Greek original, now lost. Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0.

Yoruba head

Yoruba head

Shrine head, between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. This is a memorial portrait head from the royal city of Ife in western Nigeria, a center of power from 1100 to 1400. Ife artists made heads in bronze and terra-cotta that were part of complete figures or, as here, freestanding. Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0.

Olive Trees (Vincent Van Gogh)

Olive Trees (Vincent Van Gogh)

Olive Trees, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889. The painting is one of fifteen canvases of olive trees that van Gogh executed between June and December of 1889. The vibrant oranges and yellows suggest that the picture dates to the autumn months. Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0.

Wu family reception hall

Wu family reception hall

The Wu family reception hall, early seventeenth century. This three-bay reception hall was originally part of a traditional Suzhou-style courtyard house located in the east Dongting district near the present town of Dongshan. From the period rooms of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)

The original front façade of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) at 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, June 3, 2018. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0.

Inmate Publications at State Institutions

At the end of the nineteenth century, inmates at the Minnesota State Prison in Stillwater began publishing a newsletter written and edited by fellow prisoners. For the first time in US history, inmates at a state institution created a regular periodical that was fully their own at every level of production. They used it to discuss news, share their literary and artistic works, and organize for institutional change. Called the Prison Mirror, the newsletter served as a model for similar publications produced by inmates at nearly all of Minnesota’s state hospitals, correctional facilities, and state schools.

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in St. Paul's Summit Park. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in St. Paul's Summit Park. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in St. Paul's Summit Park. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, St. Paul

Designed to commemorate people who served in the US military during the Civil War, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in St. Paul (sometimes called the Josias King Memorial) was erected in 1903. Crowning the monument is a statue of Josias R. King, who is widely regarded as the first US volunteer in the Civil War. King also participated in violent campaigns to punish Dakota people after the US–Dakota War of 1862, known as the Punitive Expeditions. These included the Massacre of White Stone Hill, in which the US military killed hundreds of Native men, women, and children. King's participation in the massacre has complicated his presence in the monument.

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