A world-class home for The Met’s renowned holdings of 20th- and 21st-century art, opening in 2030.
Will the new wing still have the Cantor Roof Garden?
This exhibition will bring together more than 265 exquisite objects that were created through the patronage of the royal courts of the Hellenistic kingdoms, with an emphasis on the ancient city of Pergamon.
Tunisia, and the United States will also be represented, often through objects that have
This exhibition will present a new perspective on the vibrant artistic and cultural identities that flourished in the ancient Middle East as two great empires competed for regional control.
the archaeological sites featured, including Palmyra, Dura-Europos, and Hatra, have
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1979. „One Hundred Ninth Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year July 1, 1978 through June 30, 1979.“ Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 109: p
that this pyxis was made in Macedonia, since other vessels with similar motifs have
Prince-Bishops of Schonbörn (later Seinsheim) ; Prince Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim ; Baron von Zandt ; [ Fischer-Böhler (until 1956; to Sheafer) ] ; Lesley and Emma Sheafer , New York (until 1974; bequeathed to MMA)
was under von Seinsheim that the gardens of Seehof were embellished, which must have
Iranian style t�rs have bodies with two unequal heart-shaped openings which are
These [Early Dynastic] statues embodied the very essence of the worshipper so that the spirit would be present when the physical body was not.
However, judging from the few excavated examples, these buildings appear not to have
From a hypogeum (so-called “tomb B�) on the property of Savino Scocchera in Mandorleto Grotticelle, east of Canosa, Italy 1895, found in a tomb near Canosa, Apulia, Italy; [by 1904 and until 1906, with Cesare and Ercole Canessa, Naples and Paris]; acquired in 1906, purchased from C
burial as the loutrophoroi 06.1021.245 and 06.1021.249; the pyxis 06.1021.253a, b;
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:
successors of the Medes, the Persians, whose king Cyrus captured Sardis in 546 B.C
Midas’ dedication would have occurred in the late eighth century B.C., Gyges’ in
