Why were gold coins used as jewelry throughout the Byzantine Empire?
Skip to main content Coins have been integrated into jewelry for thousands of
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
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
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
Inscription: Inscriptions: Outer guard band: Qur’an, ch. II, vv. 285, 286Main border: Qur’an, ch. II, v. 256Inner guard band: Qur’an, ch. VII, vv. 203–205 Border of niche: Qur’an, ch
names of God in its spandrels, is consistent with a group of carpets thought to have
Chief Digital Officer Loic Tallon announces the launch of The Met Collection API, the next step in making the Museum’s collection one of the most accessible on the internet.
Together we have connected the Google Arts & Culture (GA&C) app and website to all
Conservators at The Met analyzed the cracks on a small ancient figurine of Aphrodite and learned something new about its construction.
technical resources at its disposal to determine how art objects are made, how they may have
Said to be from near Thessaloniki (Richter 1937, p. 292). [With Michael Ritsos, Thessaloniki, Greece]; before 1913, acquired by Friedrich Ludwig von Gans, purchased from M. Ritsos; collection of F
view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158 The pieces in this group are said to have
