„Workshop and Legacy“ explores the relationships among Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, and Zarina Hashmi, and brings together work from their years in Paris alongside examples from more recent times.
Atelier 17 remain important sources of inspiration for both Hashmi and Reddy, who have
1840s, excavated under the direction of Austen Henry Layard; 1849, presented by Layard to Lady Charlotte Guest for Canford Manor, Dorsetshire (Dorset), England; 1919, purchased by Dikran Kelekian from Ivor Churchill Guest; 1927, purchased by J
Louchheim, Aline B. 1949. “Near-Eastern Art Placed on Display: Metropolitan Shows
jaguar’s mouth is open, displaying its impressive canines—features that must have
Eight different creatures inhabit the seven blocks of this enchanting carved archway. All but two come from the imagination, merging parts of different animals found in nature. Beginning at far left, we see a manticore, a fantastic creature with the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion
view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 07 This intricately carved arch is said to have
village of Chaian, Eupatoria district, Crimea, by a local peasant; 1880s-90s, said to have
The scabbard from which this gold decoration came would have been of another material
Historical [Tibetan] armor and weapons were preserved due to the long-standing tradition of placing votive arms in monasteries and temples, where they are kept in special chapels, known as gonkhang (mgon khang), and dedicated to the service of guardian deities.
form of body armor associated with Tibet is called lamellar armor ( 36.25.53a,b)
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Andrews O.B.E. – Andrews O.B.E. family (until 2017; sale, Christie’s, London, Chinese Ceramics and
It consists of two parts that may or may not have matched each other originally.
Dress of the eighteenth century is not without anachronisms and exoticisms of its own, but that singular, changing, revolutionizing century has become an icon in the history of fashion.
always be a measure of eighteenth-century theatricality and sensuality ( 33.54a, b)
The painting may once have belonged by Pope Pius II Piccolomini, whose coat of arms
