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
In this painting, the Madonna and Child are flanked by Saint Francis to the left, shown in the gray habit of the Franciscan order and holding the cross within his stigmata-marked hand, and Saint Jerome to the right, attired in the red robes of a cardinal, signifying his service to Pope Damasus I (305–384 CE)
by 1834–d. 1849); his son, principe Maffeo Barberini Colonna di Sciarra, Rome (b.
Threads of identity.
Photo by Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio Right: Loretta Pettway Bennett (American, b.
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
Showcasing masterworks of brush-inscribed Japanese texts, some serving as independent works of art and others enhanced by decorated papers or by paintings, this exhibition takes a close look at the original gestural movement marked in each work—the applied pressure, speed, and rhythm that are said to reflect the artist’s state of mind.
Even though the Japanese and Chinese languages have little in common, China was the
Five case studies for select recent acquisitions demonstrate the varied and complex nature of provenance research at The Met.
Left: Terracotta funnel-jar. 19 1/8 in. (48.4 cm). (06.1021.248a, b).
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Both Hindustani and Karnatak music use the system of ragas—sets of pitches and small motives for melody construction—and tala for rhythm.
North India and Karnatak music of South India, although many regions of India also have
Two Zoomorphic Bottles (69.153 and 1999.145)Like the blue bottle decorated with applied threads of blue glass (X.21.210), the playful utilitarian objects 69.153 and 1999.145 testify to the transition between two glassmaking traditions, the Roman and the Islamic, along the coastal zone of the Mediterranean region
the ground, but when viewed through transmitted light the object is revealed to have
This sculpture is carved out of a single slab of ivory and represents the seated Mary holding the infant Jesus (mostly missing) in her lap. Mary’s face is moon-shaped, with a high, wide forehead, a pointed chin, and almond-shaped eyes
patina darkens on the back to nearly black, and William Wixom argued that it may have
