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Too Much Is Never Enough
Material Culture
December 12, 2014

Too Much Is Never Enough

The relatively understated Chinese objet d’art had to bejewel itself to meet the tastes of customers in the Mughal and Persian markets.

Burmese Box
Material Culture
December 11, 2014

Burmese Box

The material an artist choses to work with reveals much about the way she views herself. Take this nineteenth century box from what was then Burma, for example:

You Are What You Wear
Material Culture
December 8, 2014

You Are What You Wear

Quick: what jewelry are you wearing as you’re reading this? Do you know who made it and what they were trying to say? What are you trying to say about yourself as you’re wearing it?

One Recipe for Modernisation
Material Culture
December 5, 2014

One Recipe for Modernisation

How to retain your own way of looking at things.

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