Organized only a few years after many African nations gained independence, this ambitious
Germany 1901–Buckinghamshire, Britain, 1991, and Stuttgart, Germany, 1895–Buckinghamshire, England, 1989
reception in Britain for much of the twentieth century and had a slight presence in the nation
Orel, Russian Empire (present-day Russia), 1884–Moscow, 1950
author a plan to restructure the museum as a gallery dedicated to the art of Soviet nations
Cyrus, Babylon, Persia
1971 the Iranian royal family presented a replica of the Cylinder to the United Nations
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
Along with his studies at the Islamic city of Samarra, [Herzfeld’s] research at Persepolis is the best known work of his career.
The Gate of All Nations, a particularly ornate example commissioned by Xerxes I (
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
States dedicated to Korean art by offering readers a greater understanding of the nation’s
The principal occasions for dramatic spectacles in the Roman world were yearly religious festivals, or ludi, organized by elected magistrates and funded from the state treasury. Temple dedications, military triumphs, and aristocratic funerals also provided opportunities for scenic performances.
theater was decorated with statues of the goddess Victory and personifications of the nations
For Europeans, access to newly discovered parts of the world produced a culture that marked the unfamiliar and foreign as signifiers of wealth and status.
interconnected web of social and financial economies that bound together the peoples and nations
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
years, not only in the waning empire itself but also among rival Eastern Christian nations
