By looking closely at the Temple of Dendur, we can learn things about the way the temple was used in ancient Egypt and about moments in Egyptian history.
From Egypt, Nubia, Dendur, West bank of the Nile River, 50 miles South of Aswan.
Breslau, Poland, 1889–New York, 1945
was liquidated on February 18, 1942 and the proceeds of the sale placed in a Nazi bank
The son of a London barber and wigmaker, Turner dominated English landscape and marine painting in the first half of the nineteenth century. He studied in the Royal Academy schools from 1789 and first showed a painting at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1796; he was elected an academician in 1802 and continued to exhibit until 1850
A strategically located Cornish market town on the west bank of Plymouth Sound, near
In March 2017 The Met partnered with Cultural Heritage Imaging to host a two-day symposium focused on Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and related techniques in computational photography, including photogrammetry and multiband imaging.
of analytical and imaging data in a relatively short period of time, including a Bank
Ancient Afghanistan—at the crossroads of major trade routes and the focus of invasions by great powers and nomadic migrations—was home to some of the most complex, rich, and original civilizations on the continent of Asia. This exhibition celebrates the unique role of Afghanistan as a center for both the reception of diverse cultural elements and the creation of original styles of art that combine multiple stylistic materials.
Kabul Museum’s staff, who had secretly crated them and placed them in a secure bank
By simplifying the apparatus and even processing the film for the consumer, [George Eastman] made photography accessible to millions of casual amateurs with no particular professional training, technical expertise, or aesthetic credentials.
Invented and marketed by George Eastman (1854–1932), a former bank clerk from Rochester
Elements alluded to Rome’s glorious past and suggested both the continuity of the papacy and the church’s triumph over paganism, the architectural inventions of which it appropriated.
verso) Michelangelo Buonarroti ca. 1510–11 The Vatican is located on the left bank
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
only a few years he was making a name for himself amid “painters’ row” in the Left Bank
derives from Karnak or from the burial of one of the God’s Wives on the West Bank
[Power associations] are dynamic institutions that respond to local contexts and historical change and thus exhibit great variability.
assert their abilities to effect change, power association leaders draw from a vast bank
