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Will the new wing still have the Cantor Roof Garden?
Though bannerstones have been categorized by scholars into twenty-four different
Deirdre Larkin, managing horticulturist of The Met Cloisters, discusses the origins of pannage, the practice of bringing pigs to the wood to forage, and its significance in medieval art and life.
The acorns of the common oak of Britain and northwestern Europe (Quercus robur) have
Silk FragmentsThese seven vibrant, colorful fragments once belonged to a square-shaped Iranian silk textile. At the center, there is a symmetrical floral pattern, composed of a gridlike structure with scrolling leafy branches and alternating red-and-blue stylized lotus blossoms, all set against a golden yellow ground made of metallic thread wrapped around yellow silk
Dimensions: Textile a: L. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm) W. 34 9/16 in. (87.8 cm) Textile b:
The Artist: Nicholas Hilliard, the son of Richard Hilliard, an Exeter goldsmith, made his earliest known miniatures in 1560. He served his apprenticeship as a goldsmith, beginning in 1562 with Robert Brandon, whose daughter Alice he was to marry in 1576
Hilliard, who seems to have been notably improvident, died in poverty in January
Length of fingerboard, nut to base: 17 1/8 in. (43.4 cm); Width of fingerboard at base: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm);Length of body: 17 1/4 in. (43.7 cm); Wdith of upper bouts: 9 in. (23 cm);Width of middle bouts: 6 7/8 in
He is known to have studied guitar building in Vienna, working for Karl Kuhle, whose
Mosque LampThis lamp has a flattened, almost globular body with a long flared neck and a low folded foot. Three suspension loops are attached to the body. The enameled and gilded decoration consists of three main registers and four narrower bands of continuous vegetal patterns
This enameled and gilded vessel is the earliest datable lamp known to have been hung
How did ancient Egyptians create dazzling paintings? Let’s explore the process, and then try making your own tools for painting!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1915 (15.2.2a, b) | Right:
in Gallery 233 This finial in the shape of a dragon’s head would originally have
CupThis cylindrical cup has slightly curved walls and a flat base. The decoration consists of an inscription impressed vertically eight times around the walls. Since each end of the tong was rectangular, the inscription is framed above and below by a row of short lines that create a decorative effect, as if the surface were divided into panels spaced at regular intervals
Many large beakers and bowls, and fragments thereof, have survived with rectangular
