Assistant Curator James Doyle highlights luxury goods featured in Golden Kingdoms that were used in ritual offerings made to the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá.
Thompson from 1904 to 1910, and later projects led by Mexican archaeologists under
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
The Artist: Nicholas Hilliard, the son of Richard Hilliard, an Exeter goldsmith, made his earliest known miniatures in 1560. He served his apprenticeship as a goldsmith, beginning in 1562 with Robert Brandon, whose daughter Alice he was to marry in 1576
favor with Elizabeth I (1533–1603) from 1572, but her slowness in making payments led
The Costume Institute’s collection of more than 33,000 costumes and accessories represents five continents and seven centuries.
Institute began as the Museum of Costume Art, an independent entity formed in 1937 and led
With minor variations, the papyrus roll was produced essentially the same way throughout its approximately 4,000-year history.
experiments in papyrus-making as well as instrumental analysis of historical samples have led
From the high altar of the Cistercian abbey, Lichtenthal, near Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg; Dutch or German Private Collection ; [ Sotheby’s, London (July 28, 1939, no. 103) ] ; [ John Hunt, Ireland (1939–sold 1952) ]
excursions, and increased contact between Europe and Africa in the medieval period led
The Department of Ancient West Asian Art aims to care for, promote, and provide access to ancient West Asian art in New York and around the world.
excavated objects through the system of partage in which artifacts unearthed by foreign-led
This illustrated essay describes the evolution of the display of Islamic art at the Met—from the first largely visual exhibitions to the present scholarly organization by style, material, and civilization.
Many of these exhibitions celebrated or led to permanent additions to the collection
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism.
French Revolution’s emphasis on the “rights of man,� Toussaint L’Ouverture led
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
The arrival of Europeans as traders, then as colonizers, led to the dislocation of
