Watch presentations from speakers at The Met’s symposium covering recent developments in materials selection methods used in the storage and display of art and cultural heritage objects.
Desorption: Rigid PVC Boards for Vitrine Decks and Back Panels Michael Samide, Professor
Yorkshire, England, 1861–Oxford, England, 1943
He was a fellow at Christ Church, Oxford (1890–95), professor of the history and
Written by a team of international scholars, The Renaissance Portrait provides new insight into the early history of portraiture in Italy, examining in detail how its major art centers—Florence, the princely courts, and Venice—saw the rapid development of portraiture as closely linked to Renaissance society and politics, ideals of the individual, and concepts of beauty.
—From the essay "The Portrait in Fifteenth-Century Venice" by Peter Humfrey, Professor
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Renaissance-style mortar Vincenzo Grandi 19th century Marcantonio Passeri (1491–1565), Professor
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Annette Lareau Annette Lareau is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania
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from The Life of Man (Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ) Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix 1577 Professor
1865–1934
assumed the positions of director of Sainte-Anne Psychiatric Hospital in Paris and professor
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Joseph Salvatore Ackley Fellow Joseph Salvatore Ackley is Assistant Professor of
London, 1866–London, 1934
the Omega Workshops, curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and professor
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Vasquez shares the story of his first visit to The Met, on a class trip with his professor
