The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Riding Around Philip Guston 1969 The Palette Philip Guston 1975 Painter’s Hand
At elaborate banquet feasts, aquamanilia were functional vessels as well as sumptuous table decorations.
Christian ceremony required vessels for hand washing, containers for oil and holy
Sutra was produced, most Buddhist scriptures were printed rather than written by hand
habit of the Franciscan order and holding the cross within his stigmata-marked hand
habit of the Franciscan order and holding the cross within his stigmata-marked hand
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
with harness Cypriot ca. 600–480 BCE Limestone statue fragment of a right hand
On the centenary of the death of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates its historic collection of the artist’s work in the exhibition „Rodin at The Met.“
The exhibition features iconic sculptures such as The Thinker and The Hand of God
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
century Horse Figurine 9th century Animal-Shaped Spit Rest 9th–10th century Hand
Sculptors did not model their images on living beings: whether the subject was a god or a mortal, the artist strove to convey a stylized ideal.
Various hand gestures, known as mudras, are used to express the mood and meaning
From the archaeological record, it is clear that these animals were rarely hunted; the images are thus not simple depictions of daily life at the time they were made.
images of large red dots are, indeed, partial handprints made with the palm of the hand
a church illuminated with bottle glass windows, the Virgin demurely extends her hand
a church illuminated with bottle glass windows, the Virgin demurely extends her hand
