Keith Christiansen discusses the presence of Charles Le Brun in his portrait of the banker Everhard Jabach and his family.
dealing with the structural issues of Charles Le Brun’s great family portrait, I have
How Cristofori’s invention gave a new voice to the harpsichord.
And so not only did you have a physically engineered singer, you also had one who
Effigy mounds, earthworks in the shape of animals and birds, were raised in North America in areas that now correspond to parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio.
great mound, within the clay structure of which no culturally identifiable objects have
Caribbean islands are ceremonial axes and blades, which take many forms and may have
Objects Conservation staff collaborate with cultural heritage professionals worldwide on conservation and historic preservation projects.
Conservation staff, together with other Met and Columbia University colleagues, have
The remains discovered at Hasanlu demonstrate that it was a major local center of commerce and artistic production with close ties to other political and creative centers of the Near East during the early first millennium B.C.
Hasanlu’s geographic location influenced its development, and may have been a factor
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Press Officer Meryl Cates sits down with Vijay Iyer to discuss the resident artist’s creative process and his upcoming performances at the Met.
resident artist—yet another daring performer in a series of resident artists that have
Clara Granzotto, fellow in the Department of Scientific Research, imagines what it would be like to interview artist Sandro Botticelli about The Annunciation and discover all of the artist’s secrets.
Did you know that we now have some techniques that allow us to see if you painted
Although no signs of houses were found [in Wadi Kubbaniya], diverse and sophisticated stone implements for hunting, fishing, and collecting and processing plants were discovered around hearths.
northwest of Aswan in Upper Egypt, some interesting sites of the kind described above have
