The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 5 (January, 1970)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 5 (January, 1970)

Hoving, Thomas, and Jane Norman

1970

40 pages

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Table of contents

About the authors

"How to Look at Art"
Jane Norman

"Director's Choice"
Thomas P. F. Hoving

"Flemish Drawings and Prints of the Seventeenth Century"

Met Art in Publication

Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman — Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
ca. 50–40 BCE

Cassone, Walnut, Italian, possibly Venice — Cassone
second half 16th century

Madonna and Child, Giovanni Bellini Italian, Oil on wood — Madonna and Child
Giovanni Bellini
late 1480s

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, Johannes Vermeer Dutch, Oil on canvas — Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
Johannes Vermeer
ca. 1662

Marble stele (grave marker) with a youth and little girl, and a capital and finial in the form of a sphinx, Marble, Greek, Attic — Marble stele (grave marker) with a youth and little girl, and a capital and finial in the form of a sphinx
ca. 530 BCE

Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic — Marble statue of a kouros (youth)
ca. 590–580 BCE

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman — Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
ca. 50–40 BCE

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman — Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
ca. 50–40 BCE

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman — Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
ca. 50–40 BCE

Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons, Marble, Roman — Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons
ca. 260–270 CE

Plate with David's Confrontation with Eliab, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with David's Confrontation with Eliab
629–630

Plate with the Arming of David, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with the Arming of David
629–630

Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath
629–30

Plate with David Slaying a Lion, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with David Slaying a Lion
629–630

Plate with the Presentation of David to Saul, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with the Presentation of David to Saul
629–630

Plate with David Anointed by Samuel, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with David Anointed by Samuel
629–630

Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, Les Arts Libéraux, et Les Arts Méchaniques, avec leur explication. Premiere Livraison

Denis Diderot

1762

Buddha Maitreya (Mile), Gilt bronze with traces of pigment; piece-mold cast, China — Buddha Maitreya (Mile)
dated 486 (10th year of Taihe reign)

Wainscoting from the Château de la Bâstie d'Urfé

Fra Damiano da Bergamo (Damiano di Antoniolo de Zambelli)

ca. 1547–48

Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, Marble of Macael (Sierra de Filabres), Spanish, Almería — Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco
1506–15

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