Over 5,000 years of art from around the world.
Cousin the Elder Baptiste Pellerin ca. 1555 Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) Indian
are advised to consult the Tribal Directory of the National Congress of American Indians
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Albert Blakelock 1878 A Waterfall, Moonlight Ralph Albert Blakelock by 1886 An Indian
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
objects representing the sophisticated art of Chinese gemstone carvers and Mogul Indian
Calligraphic GalleonSweeping golden calligraphy forms the hull of this galleon, at sail upon a sea composed of miniscule ghubar (dustlike) script. Referred to as calligrams, images composed entirely from calligraphy were created in many regions of the Islamic world, including Persia and India, but were especially popular in Ottoman Turkey
For more on the use of pictorial writing on the Indian subcontinent, see ibid., pp
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
artists/makers 1845 The Babes in the Wood Thomas Crawford ca. 1850, carved 1851 Indian
other a skull-are standard images in Chinese Buddhist sculpture and represent two Indian
Inscription: Around coconut: [1] GENESIS:C:19 (Lot and his daughters); [2] IVDICVM C:14 (Samson and the Lion); [3] 2 Regum Cap II (David and Bathsheba)On edge of cover: (inscription in Greek Letters ?) [trans
1533/34 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 520 The exotic coconut, or "Indian
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Apollo in the Gardens of the Chateau d’Enghien, Belgium Charles de Wailly 1780 An Indian
Bannerstones of the North American Indian.
