This exhibition, on view May 1 through August 3, 2003, explores the many ways that Greco-Roman dress has profoundly inspired and influenced the worlds of fashion, art, and design over the centuries.
Frequently, trhis effect is a stylistic preference rather than an actual manner of
Persons from all walks of life made religious journeys, with far-reaching consequences for society and culture as a whole.
imagine sacred events as though witnessing them in real life, in the most vivid manner
The primary functions of the institution of marriage centered on the family and society, and love rarely entered into the equation. Yet the subjects of love, beauty, and attraction mesmerized Renaissance men and women.
Then the bride was brought to her husband’s house in a public and festive manner
The elaborate folio-sized publication was the first anthology-type book dedicated to British furniture design, and could grace the shelves of the gentleman’s library alongside publications from the Continent.
They were designed in a serial manner, with the intention of offering four or six
The Artist: A successor of Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus, and a contemporary of Gerard David, Hans Memling was among the most important artists of fifteenth-century Bruges. Although he spent the majority of his career in that thriving city, he was born around 1435–40 in the German town of Klein-Krotzenburg near Seligenstadt, south-east of Frankfurt, Germany
The manner in which the gold threads catch and reflect the light across the folded
The Artist: For a biography of Petrus Christus, see the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.The Subject and Function of the Painting: After Christ’s crucifixion, his corpse was taken down from the cross and prepared for burial
Christus built up his forms, principally the fleshtones, in a manner reminiscent
Showcasing masterworks of brush-inscribed Japanese texts, some serving as independent works of art and others enhanced by decorated papers or by paintings, this exhibition takes a close look at the original gestural movement marked in each work—the applied pressure, speed, and rhythm that are said to reflect the artist’s state of mind.
poems and religious sayings by medieval Zen monks are rendered in an idiosyncratic manner
The New York Dutch Room is a main chamber, or groote kaner in Dutch, and comes from a house built in 1751 for Daniel Pieter Winne, whose ancestors moved to Rensselaerswyck from Flanders via Curacao in 1643.
The extensive trade which [they] carry on, and their sparing manner of living, in
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
from Friedrich’s introspective, enigmatic landscapes in favor of a more direct manner
Spanning the base of the Arch is a monumental inscription composed by the court historian Johannes Stabius. Read a rare English translation.
pictured, framing the tower above the center portal, and are arranged in the following manner
