Cup with a frieze of gazelles – Iran – Iron Age II – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325511
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This beautiful and moving picture was acquired in 1908 by one of Bellini’s most eloquent admirers, the great British critic Roger Fry (1866–1934), who was employed by the Museum at the time (see Fry 1908)
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Lantern Recent studies point to the production of glazed ceramics in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Syria at multiple locations and indicate that several types were produced at each of the various centers
collection/search/444484 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/444484 Link
BottleThis bottle clearly illustrates the transitional phase of development between Late Antique and early Islamic period artifacts. Of all the crafts, glassmaking was perhaps the most conservative in terms of both artistic continuity over time and the transfer of skills and ideas from one generation to another
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The Artist: The Sienese master Simone Martini was one of the greatest and most influential painters of his time. His work combines an astonishing mastery of naturalistically observed details with an exquisite technique
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The Artist: Giotto is the key figure of Western painting. His emphasis on solidly described figures and his exploration of a rational pictorial space set the course of European art for the next five hundred years
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Catherine Benincasa was born in Siena about 1347, died in 1380, and was canonized in 1461. She was a member of the Dominican order, a mystic, and minister to the poor and plague-stricken. This picture illustrates Saint Catherine’s miraculous levitation and exchange of her bloody heart with Christ
collection/search/438022 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438022 Link
The first convincing argument for the attribution of this work to Van Borssom was made by Niemeijer in 1962, and the attribution was adopted by the Museum in 1990. In his approximately two dozen known paintings and in his numerous drawings, Van Borssom proves to have been an eclectic artist whose ideas came from a considerable variety of Dutch painters and draftsmen
collection/search/435723 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435723 Link
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