On the centenary of the death of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates its historic collection of the artist’s work in the exhibition „Rodin at The Met.“
acquisitions and gifts to the Museum, are displayed in the newly installed and refurbished B.
Catherine Benincasa was born in Siena about 1347, died in 1380, and was canonized in 1461. She was a member of the Dominican order, a mystic, and minister to the poor and plague-stricken. This picture illustrates Saint Catherine’s miraculous levitation and exchange of her bloody heart with Christ
B[attista]. Cavalcaselle.
In 1856, a seventeen-year-old named Adeline Harris (1839-1931) conceived of a unique project: to collect the autographs of the well-known people she most esteemed. This, in itself, was not unusual; the practice of collecting autographs of famous people was very popular in the middle decades of the nineteenth century
Benjamin Brayton Knight and Robert Knight with a loan that enabled them to found "B.
The dye used in a Latin American Colonial textile from the sixteenth to seventeenth century is examined in order to determine the textile’s origin.
Flavonoids, which lately have become well known for their antioxidant role in human
Faience, or tin-glazed and enameled earthenware, first emerged in France during the sixteenth century, reaching widespread usage among elite patrons during the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, prior to the establishment of soft-paste porcelain factories.
Grand feu (high fire) describes pieces that have been decorated with glaze and metallic
B[ryson]. B[urroughs]. "A Fifteeth-Century Italian Panel."
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence, 1300–1450 Kanter, Laurence B.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Although many of the drawings in Jean Bonna’s collection have previously been published
One notable feature of the Late Period is the diversity of religious practices manifest in inscriptions and material remains.
From 404 to 399 B.C., Egypt seems to have been ruled by Amyrtaios II of Sais, who
elevated structure serves as an architectural record of rustic buildings that would have
