“Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom� represents the transformational Middle Kingdom era in ancient Egypt through 230 powerful and compelling works.
comprehensive presentation of Middle Kingdom art and culture, featuring many objects that have
against such a reading; one again tends to agree with Radcliffe: “these pieces have
Berlin, 1871–Berlin, 1942
depicting the head of Queen Tiyi, then in the collection of James Simon in Berlin, may have
relief probably was once part of a series of seated figures of saints that may have
was based on time-honored observances, many rooted in the Bronze Age (3000–1050 B.C
Although the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer, believed to have been composed around
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Assyrian Sculpture Court (Gallery 401) showcases sculptures from the Assyrian capital city of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) in a space designed to evoke their original palace setting.
Ashurnasirpal seems to have been the first Assyrian king to line his palace walls
Learn more about the history of painted details on early Cycladic marble figures in the Leonard N. Stern Collection.
Other pigments, like cinnabar, may have been applied more sparingly due to their
„Kerry James Marshall: Mastry“ is the largest museum retrospective to date of the work of American artist Kerry James Marshall (born 1955).
figures—defiant assertions of blackness in a medium in which African Americans have
Since the acquisition of the Heroes Tapestries, scholars have suggested that they
The panels have a woven heading tape, and most also include braided cords that hang
