[Dr. Marcel Lheureux, Paris, acquired 1920s]; P. Alsace; [John J. Klejman, New York, until 1960]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1960–1964; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1964–1978
Traditional Art of the African Nations in the Museum of Primitive Art.
This exhibition celebrates the foresight underlying the establishment of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing through some fifty works of art augmented by archival documents.
The scion of one of the nation’s most significant philanthropic families, Rockefeller
With growing assurance, architects in northern France, and soon all over Europe, competed in a race to conquer height.
before 1477 “Then arose new architects who after the manner of their barbarous nations
By the middle of the third millennium B.C., cuneiform primarily written on clay tablets was used for a vast array of economic, religious, political, literary, and scholarly documents.
much as international road signs can easily be interpreted by drivers from many nations
Traditional Art of the African Nations in the Museum of Primitive Art.
By looking closely at the Temple of Dendur, we can learn things about the way the temple was used in ancient Egypt and about moments in Egyptian history.
To save at least some of these monuments from disappearing, the United Nations started
Cyrus, Babylon, Persia
1971 the Iranian royal family presented a replica of the Cylinder to the United Nations
[Aaron Furman Gallery, New York, until 1959]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1959–1964; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1964–1978
Traditional Art of the African Nations in the Museum of Primitive Art.
The Monuments Men were a group of men and women who risked their lives to preserve Europe’s cultural treasures during World War II. Archivists Melissa Bowling and James Moske tell their story using a wealth of material in the Metropolitan’s archives.
Approximately 345 men and women from thirteen nations were charged with this task
Evans worked with little concern for the ideological agenda or the suggested itineraries and instead answered a personal need to distill the essence of American life from the simple and the ordinary.
entered the public’s collective consciousness and are now deeply embedded in the nation
