Learn about an installation in the galleries for Ancient Near Eastern Art as part of The African Origin of Civilization initiative.
of Gudea (59.2), showing cuneiform inscription that reads in part: “Gudea, the man
Inscription: Titled, dated, inscribed, and signed by the artist in graphite on print, verso: „Ethel Waters, Carson McCullers + Julie Harris at // Opening Night Party for „Member of a Wedding“ 1950 N
Ruth Orkin (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1921–1985 New York) 1951 Compass Man
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art [The Met Breuer]. „Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible,“ March 18–September 4, 2016.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. „Alice Neel: People Come First,“ March 22–August 1, 2021
The young man had just been drafted for the Vietnam War and was scheduled to leave
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
seated figures drinking a liquid through straws Sumerian ca. 2600–2350 BCE Man
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
15th or 16th century) Portrait medal of Paolo Giovio (obverse); Giovio Raising a Man
The vast majority of [the figurines with articulated limbs] have suspension holes on top of their heads; the dangling arms and legs were in motion when the figurines were shaken or hung.
Terracotta statuette of a man holding a quadruped Cypriot ca. 750–600 BCE Terracotta
The study of material derived from ash used in the ground preparations of paintings by both Spanish and Latin American artists in the Baroque period sheds new light on the spread of artistic practices beyond Spain.
with skeletal structure, found in the ground layer of Velazquez’s Portrait of a Man
Larder William Kentridge (South African, born Johannesburg, 1955) 2007 Walking Man
The Greeks believed that at the moment of death the psyche, or spirit of the dead, left the body as a little breath or puff of wind. The deceased was then prepared for burial according to time-honored rituals.
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE Painted limestone funerary stele with a seated man
Search art at the Metropolitan Museum.
. 3 Aaron Douglas May 1927 Window Shopper Aaron Douglas ca. 1930 The Junk Man
