Lynn H. Nicholas, a research adviser to the panel and author of the 1994 book "The Rape of Europa," which became a touchstone of art-looting scholarship, said the commission "started out with an agenda".
Kramer's semi-autobiographical work is a touchstone of arts activism and was the first play to give voice to the AIDS crisis of the early '80s.
Over the years these books have become a touchstone of Conceptual art and have inspired a new generation of artists who came of age with computers and Photoshop.
The epitome of the great Italian singing tradition, Tebaldi will remain a touchstone of that art for as long as people listen to opera.
By Peter Schjeldahl The Ghent Altarpiece, painted on oak panels, is a touchstone of Western art, and has survived six centuries of tumultuous history.
This high-minded aim became a touchstone of abstract art in the early years of Modernism, and continues to inspire artists who have little or no direct connection with Kandinsky's theories.
Mr. Godard's film quickly took its place among those touchstones of modern art that signified a decisive break with what came before — paintings and books and pieces of music that have held onto their reputation for radicalism long after being accepted as masterpieces, venerated in museums and taught in schools.
The three Before films, spaced with nine years between them, are so brilliantly constructed, so seamlessly blended with the actual aging of their actor/screenwriters that they had started to assume the role of real-life touchstones, rather than works of art.
Inscriptions on these cuneiform tablets from the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II (circa 883 BCE) correspond to Biblical stories, so they serve as important historical and religious documents and touchstones as well as works of art.
Ron English: Seasons In Supurbia | Considered one of the most prolific artists of our generation, English is the father of POPaganda, a term he coined to define his signature mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, from superhero mythology to totems of art history, creating a visual language of evolution.
