Alexander McQueen – Ensemble – British – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/163152
Date: spring/summer 1999 Culture: British Medium: (a) birch, leather, metal (b)
Date: spring/summer 1999 Culture: British Medium: (a) birch, leather, metal (b)
The art of the Solomon Islands is characterized by its intricate designs which utilize inlays of pearl shell.
Waite, Deborah B.
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Nineteenth-Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts Tracy, Berry B.
Hemingway, Sarah Lepinski, and Vinzenz Brinkmann, eds. pp. 49–53, figs. 1a–c, 2a, b,
1840s, excavated under the direction of Austen Henry Layard; 1849, presented by Layard to Lady Charlotte Guest for Canford Manor, Dorsetshire (Dorset), England; 1919, purchased by Dikran Kelekian from Ivor Churchill Guest; 1927, purchased by J
Louchheim, Aline B. 1949. “Near-Eastern Art Placed on Display: Metropolitan Shows
Christensen, B. (1939). El teponaztli de Xicotepec.
Textile FragmentThe royal textile factories of al-Andalus were famous throughout the medieval world in a period when luxury textiles constituted one of the most valuable possessions in a ruler’s treasury as well as in the trousseaux of wealthy brides
Cambridge, Mass., 1996. p. 237; and Serjeant, R[orbert] B[ertram].
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Schulte Lori B. Bookstein Richard Ferguson and Marissa V.G.
When it came to depicting Jesus on the Cross, many artists of the earlier Middle Ages portrayed Jesus as alive and alert, his body entirely resistant to the trauma of crucifixion. In this example, Jesus almost bears himself easily, with his torso erect, knees slightly bent, and head held high
Rorimer, James J., and Margaret B. Freeman.
Excavated by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 1911. Acquired by Carnarvon in the division of finds. Carnarvon Collection, 1911–1926. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926
The statuettes of the child Amenemhab (26.7.1413a, b) and Huwebenef were found inside