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
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
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
additional works by the artist and also of several buildings by architects who have
Featuring more than fifty spectacular kimono dating from the eighteenth century to the present day, this exhibition tells a story about the Japanese garment whose designs mirror trends in pictorial and decorative arts of every era.
Fifth Avenue September 27, 2014–January 19, 2015 The Arts of Japan Galleries have
Ostad Elahi was a renowned Persian musician, thinker, and jurist whose transformative work in the art of tanbūr—an ancient, long-necked lute—paralleled his innovative approach to the quest for truth and self-knowledge. This exhibition documents the interdependent, mutually transformative relationship between player and instrument through a presentation of nearly forty rare instruments and works of art.
Long-necked, plucked stringed instruments have been used in central and western Asia
woodcuts after Titian’s design, proposing Giovanni Britto instead, and these arguments have
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
The methods of excavation in the first third of this century have been surpassed
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
Director Thomas P. Campbell reflects on the acquisition of Charles Le Brun’s magnificent portrait of Everhard Jabach and his family.
Trustee Emerita Jayne Wrightsman, whose contributions over the past forty years have
dressed, polychromed wood sculpture of the Virgin and Child, is traditionally held to have
