Explore this gracious Stair Hall designed by the newly formed New York City architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White for the Buffalo home of Erzelia Stetson Metcalfe.
The vestibule led to the expansive Stair Hall, where sliding doors opened onto the
The canvas is signed and dated 1647, a year after Charles Le Brun, the future premier peintre du roi under Louis XIV, returned to Paris from a period of study in Rome. In Paris, where he had been the pupil of François Perrier and spent time in the workshop of Simon Vouet, his work had caught the attention of Nicolas Poussin, who had returned to the French capital to work for the king in 1640
Gallery 622 As recounted by the ancient Roman poet Ovid, a compliant Polyxena is led
Elephant Trampling a HorseInspired by Mughal manuscript illustrations of animals in combat, this lively scene depicts a mahout desperately attempting to control his enraged elephant, which is intent on trampling a subdued and frightened horse
Art Museum.[1] In that work, an elephant ridden by two mythical div mahouts is led
Through his powerful realism, Courbet became a pioneering figure in the history of modernism.
During the 1850s, Courbet’s embrace of modernity led him beyond the Ornans subjects
The Virgin’s peaceful falling asleep in death, combined with Christ’s tender embrace of her soul—represented in Byzantine art as a swaddled infant —rendered an ideal image, one in which the Virgin’s soul was conveyed to heaven immediately upon her death.
Christians believed in the soul’s gradual separation from the earthly body after dying, led
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
richly illustrated book provides insight into the visionary figures and events that led
They broke new ground through their independent lifestyles and emphasis on career over marriage and motherhood.
Her sustained interest in promoting and collecting American art led in 1930 to the
In performance, Nō’s austere bare stage and the severe elegance of its powerful masks combine with the multiple layers of shimmering costume to give the actor an oversized sculptural presence as he moves with the music and chanting of the chorus.
late Edo period, collecting and cataloguing became an intellectual concern and led
Chicago, 1904—Santa Barbara, 1981, and Chicago, 1905—Santa Barbara, 1987
On the one hand, this approach led the collectors to assemble numerous significant
Quilts and coverlets were created from both homemade and commercially produced cloth.
plates of copper were also used for printing, and in 1783 technological developments led
