Often inscribed with the rulers’ names, as well as with dates and sites of production, these textiles provide a window into the political and religious life of early Islam.
-11th century Shirt of Mail and Plate of Emperor Shah Jahan (reigned 1624–58) Indian
Thomas J. Watson Library is staffed by dedicated Museum librarians, technicians, and administrators. A list of staff members, their bios, and their contact information is provided.
Board of In Circulation, selects material from the library’s North American and Indian
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
drawing of a landscape by French artist Claude Lorrain, and nearly one hundred Indian
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
drawing of a landscape by French artist Claude Lorrain, and nearly one hundred Indian
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
to unearth the soteriological and devotional elements they embodied for medieval Indian
The last quarter of the century witnessed the true vindication of watercolor, not merely in popularity but in its nature—as a fluid and transparent medium.
Pink and Brown James McNeill Whistler ca. 1880 The Fountain, No. 1: The Wounded Indian
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
occasionally, some organic colorants Raman spectroscopy takes its name from the Indian
While their work was based on ancient sources from Greece, Iran, and India, [scientists in the Islamic world] updated methods for measuring and calculating the movement of heavenly bodies, and continued to develop models of the universe and the movements of the planets within it.
The Indian Sanskrit and Persian Pahlavi sources taught medieval astronomers methods
At its height in the eighth to seventh century B.C., the Assyrian Empire was the dominant power of the ancient Near East and the largest empire the world had yet seen, reaching from Assyria (present-day northern Iraq) to the Mediterranean. This landmark exhibition traces the deep roots of interaction between the ancient Near East and the lands along the shores of the Mediterranean and their impact on the artistic traditions that developed in the region.
containers, the shells themselves originated in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Indian
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
drawing of a landscape by French artist Claude Lorrain, and nearly one hundred Indian
