Easily portable, and certainly necessary, bedcovers might be some of the few decorative objects a woman had in her home.
popular in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states, but were found throughout the young nation
The artistic remains, consisting of sacred image as well as sensuous, often flamboyant figures of women, emphasize the intermingling of the sacred and the secular in the art of India.
India is the largest single nation of South Asia.
In centralized states and chiefdoms, historians were often religious or political advisors who regulated royal power, supporting or checking it as necessary.
While some narratives, such as those detailing the origins of a nation or royal lineage
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1933. „A Statue of the Diadoumenos.“ Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28(12): pp. 214–16, figs. 1–3.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1936[1934]. A Guide to the Collections, Part 1: Ancient and Oriental Art, 2nd edn
of the figure is a cast taken from a marble copy found at Delos and now in the Nation
This room, installed in gallery 724, comes from a townhouse for the Baltimore, Maryland, merchant and shipowner Henry Craig (1767–1832). Although it served as the Craig family’s parlor, the Museum has furnished the space as a dining room since the American Wing opened in 1924
Arts of the young nation The Baltimore Room shortly after the opening of the American
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Jill Doerfler (White Earth Nation) Professor of American Indian Studies, University
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
the way Danish artists manifested the pride, traditions, and anxieties of their nation
Venice consistently sought favorable privileges for its merchants and through these efforts became the Mamluks’ main European trading partner.
Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern
African patrons and entrepreneurs quickly picked up the new technology, which circulated and flourished through local and global networks of exchange. Photographers, clients, and images moved across the region often traversing both national and ethnic boundaries.
disillusioned with America’s treatment of its black citizens, relocated to the West African nation
Keith Christiansen reflects on the process of acquiring the extraordinary Jabach portrait.
"Saving it for the nation" became a priority, and this, I believe, deflected attention
