The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
His work in glass led to the development of beautiful iridescent mosaics, and he
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
Although most of the woodwork elements date to the early eighteenth century, some elements reflect changes over time in its original historical context, as well as adaptations to its museum setting.
The passage led to an internal open-air courtyard surrounded by living spaces, usually
The Picture: A vase of flowers stands on a stone socle, its contents spilling forth from the surrounding alcove. Visible on the heavily shadowed vase, perhaps made of terracotta or gilt bronze, are the plump figure of a reclining putto, vegetable ornamentation, and a grotesque face
secretive that he refused to take on any students until Daniël Haverman’s eloquence led
The Van Rensselaer Hall was one of the largest and most elaborate rooms built in prerevolutionary America. The rare hand-painted English wallpaper and the magnificently carved woodwork create an elegant American Wing gallery.
A beautifully carved archway led to a narrower side hall, where a staircase led to
What were the sounds of the Harlem Renaissance?
Specifically, the 369th Infantry Regiment led by James Reese Europe… MURRELL: Who
Elephant tusks—exotic, rare, and characterized by a pearly lustrous surface, were prized in medieval Europe for carving into luxurious objects.
of the same functions as Gothic ivories, the new cultural and economic context led
Integrating calligraphy, poetry, and painting, scholar-artists for the first time combined the “three perfections” in a single work.
Night-Shining White was the favorite steed of an emperor who led his dynasty to the
The emperor renamed this ancient port city Constantinople (“the city of Constantine”) in his own honor.
empire’s western territories by Germanic tribes, especially in the fifth century, led
As early as the first century A.D., the Roman author Pliny the Elder acknowledged the appeal of unfinished works of art, stating that they are often more admired than those that are finished, because in them the artists’ actual thoughts are left visible.
that in an earlier stage, the model held a cello instead of a flower—the hand that led
