The ancient Greeks were active seafarers seeking opportunities for trade and founding new independent cities at coastal sites across the Mediterranean Sea.
In fact, the theater at Syracuse—one of the largest ever built in antiquity—continues
displayed together in public spaces such as the forum of a city, a basilica, or the theater
Ancient Greek religious practice, essentially conservative in nature, was based on time-honored observances, many rooted in the Bronze Age (3000–1050 B.C.), or even earlier.
important deities were Aphrodite, the goddess of love; Dionysos, the god of wine and theater
The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 681 O-daiko, a barrel drum played in temples, theater
Pater, born in Valenciennes, was apprenticed to a local painter in 1706. A contemporary would later report that his father sent him to Paris to study with Jean Antoine Watteau (1684–1721): probably the two painters left Valenciennes together in late 1709 or 1710
"Watteau, Music, and Theater," September 22–November 29, 2009, no. 22.
"The Comédie Française and the Theater in France," October 24–November 13, 1955
How many millions have climbed the Great Staircase since Tiepolo’s Triumph of Marius was unrolled from its giant storage drum in 1965?
Giambattista Tiepolo, “Tiepoletto” as everyone knew him—the colors, the fantasia, the theater
Sound artist and The Memory Palace host Nate DiMeo—2016–17 MetLiveArts Artist in Residence—reveals hidden stories from The Met collection.
MetLiveArts season has featured an artist in residence from a different discipline—music, theater
Length of body: 18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm)Lenght of string: 26 4/3 in. (68 cm)Length of lower bouts: 10 5/8 in. (26.9 cm)Length of middle bouts: 7 1/2 in. (18.9 cm)Length of upper bouts: 8 4/3 in
In 1913, Andrés Segovia went to Madrid to make his debut concert at the Ateneo theater
Despite his unconventional training, Watteau was permitted to compete for the Prix de Rome at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
( 49.7.54), a late canvas likewise inspired by the popular commedia dell’arte theater
