Learn more about the themes explored in The Met Fifth Avenue galleries of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.
The Met Cloisters in northern Manhattan, where elements from French monasteries have
Gericault’s lifelong interest in animal themes is best known through his love of horses. He had an intimate knowledge of horses, which he derived not only from drawing and painting them continually but also from developing his skills as an equestrian
known only by means of a replica (Musée du Louvre, Paris), which is thought to have
While the origin of many concepts, practices, and monuments can be traced to earlier periods, it was during the Old Kingdom that they developed into the forms that would characterize and influence the rest of pharaonic history.
(ca. 2490–2472 B.C.), who built the other two pyramids at Giza, there seems to have
Despite its grandeur, the monument seemed so personal, so intimate and melancholic.
Nearly thirteen feet tall, it would have been brightly painted when first raised
Numerous contemporary authors wrote about the efficacy of such images in stimulating married couples hoping for children, as well as about the belief that visual beauty before a couple’s eyes could influence the appearance of their offspring.
It is clear that their content was understood to have an erotic charge.
This roundel is a rare and splendid example of early fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish embroidery. The detailed pictorial design and luminous palette, created by colored silk and metallic threads, highlight the sophistication of this medium, which was so highly prized during this period
panels are now dispersed among public and private collections), the embroideries may have
Why were gold coins used as jewelry throughout the Byzantine Empire?
Skip to main content Coins have been integrated into jewelry for thousands of
This roundel is a rare and splendid example of early fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish embroidery. The detailed pictorial design and luminous palette, created by colored silk and metallic threads, highlight the sophistication of this medium, which was so highly prized during this period
panels are now dispersed among public and private collections), the embroideries may have
Threads of identity.
said, Marie, I’m calling because I have a security report to share with you.
Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Lisht, 1913-1914. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds, 1914.Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
One or more deities, who have not been preserved, would have stood in front of and
