Pagoda base with four Buddhas – China – Northern Qi dynasty (550–577) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42705
Gallery 206 The construction of small, square, pagoda-like shrines appears to have
Gallery 206 The construction of small, square, pagoda-like shrines appears to have
Join Akili Tommasino, Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, artist Julie Mehretu, and artist Fred Wilson, for a virtual tour of Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now
Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now which examines how Black artists and other cultural figures have
PanelOne of the most fascinating and mysterious objects of early Islamic art in the Museum’s collection, this wood panel was acquired in 1937 from the dealer Paul Mallon in Paris
, had it been a cenotaph (tabut, in Arabic),[3] this decorated wooden box would have
A new opera at The Met Cloisters reinterprets the Mexican writer’s magnum opus.
freedom of speech, women’s rights, and Mexican nationalism; her life and works have
It lay on a route linking Anatolia and the East and seems to have been an important
Chemical analysis of enamel compositions help to distinguish between authentic Renaissance period pieces and later pieces done in Renaissance style.
Recent stylistic re-evaluations as well as emerging documentary evidence have raised
middle by two holes on the side and bottom, through which a carrying strap would have
Curator Stephan Wolohojian announces the hanging of the extraordinary Jabach portrait in gallery 617 following ten months of conservation work.
The assembled frame would have been too large to ship across the Atlantic, so it
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
presents the art of three large areas of the world where vital cultural traditions have
Along with the traditional hand-wrought objets d’art that had always been made as special commissions for elite clientele, production broadened to include ordinary dinner services, tea sets, and domestic implements such as light fixtures and writing tools.
sterling mark, showed that the piece had been tested at the assay office and found to have