Antonello da Messina is, in a sense, the first truly European painter and his remarkably varied achievements raise issues crucial to our understanding of European art.
Antonello is documented in the city in 1475–76, but his visits may have been more
Objects like this, with a small well, flanged handles and a long horizontal spout, have
Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings, compares the Met’s Jabach portrait with a version that was destroyed in World War II.
Obviously, the one for Jabach must have come first and was the superior version,
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Palladino 1994 The sumptuous illuminated manuscripts of Early Renaissance Florence have
Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High discusses the breadth of the Museum’s collection of musical instruments with J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge of the Department of Musical Instruments.
Kenneth Moore: There are several art museums that have musical instrument collections
Assistant Horticulturist Carly Still recounts a recent trip to Chile, where she observed the annual harvest of almonds at a local orchard.
They have been growing almonds and much more since 1963.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
contents About the authors For successive generations the Princes of Liechtenstein have
A modernist in the true sense of the word, Chanel ascribed primacy to function and materials. While a straight, linear silhouette characterizes her designs of the 1920s, her dresses of the 1930s appear more feminine and romantic. Also on display Chanel The
exhibition also focuses on the iconography of the Chanel style that, over time, have
The painting would have functioned as an aid to individual prayer and contemplation
Managing Horticulturist Caleb Leech discusses the uses of medieval cereal grains and compares them to their descendants.
Each field of medieval grains would have had evolved in the truest Darwinian sense
