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conservation, Islamic
Fair, L., Rizzo, A., and Edelstein, B. 2010.
conservation, Islamic
Fair, L., Rizzo, A., and Edelstein, B. 2010.
This exhibition celebrates the Central Park Conservancy’s upcoming conservation on the obelisk of Thutmose III, popularly known as „Cleopatra’s Needle.“ Relying primarily on the Metropolitan’s own collection, enhanced with several important loans from local museums and private lenders, it explores the meaning of obelisks in ancient Egyptian divine and funerary cults and considers how these massive monuments were created and erected.
Objects Exhibition Objects The exhibition is made possible by Dorothy and Lewis B.
The Concourse of the BirdsThe manuscript from which this painting comes was produced in 1483 at the Timurid court of Sultan Husayn Baycara at Herat. It contains four illustrations that may or may not be by the hand of Bihzad, the most famous artist of that era, but represent his innovative, perfectionist style
XXV, no. 9 (May 1967). pp. 342–43, ill. figs. 4 (color), 5 (b/w).
From a hypogeum (so-called “tomb B�) on the property of Savino Scocchera in Mandorleto Grotticelle, east of Canosa, Italy (Cozzi 1896, p. 495, no. 12) 1895, found in a hypogeum (tomb) near Canosa, Apulia, Italy; [until 1922, collection of Joseph Chmielowski]; February 1922, acquired by William Randolph Hearst, purchased through the American Art Galleries, New York (lot 185); from 1922, collection of William R
grave good, together with two funnel vases in the Met collection (06.1021.246a, b
The porcelains were often stored at the lowest level of the ships, both to provide ballast and because they were impervious to water.
preciousness and transformed them into entirely different objects ( 68.141.125a,b)
The production of humanist manuscripts in Florence centered around the busy workshops of booksellers, who entrusted the decoration of their volumes to outside painters and professional illuminators.
Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) ca. 1406–7 King David in Prayer in an Initial B
Signed (lower left): PR; inscribed (verso, lower left) 17/35b.
: 33 1/2 × 72 in. (85.1 × 182.9 cm) a: 32 5/8 × 23 1/2 in. (82.9 × 59.7 cm) b:
Parthian art resists a straightforward definition, as it employs styles and motifs from both Hellenistic and earlier Near Eastern traditions that result in innovations in various media.
A stone lintel ( 32.145a,b) features a symmetrical composition with two hybrid winged
The first Asian designer to become a member of the Paris haute couture syndicate, Hanae Mori occupied a singular position at the forefront of the global fashion industry over the course of her storied five-decade career.
in brilliant colors, often interweaving gold and silver threads ( 2004.467.1a, b)
Medium: Sandstone Dimensions: A: H. 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm); W. 27 in. (68.6 cm) B: