March 9, 1999 through July 4, 1999
Nearly 300 outstanding examples of medieval art--all drawn from the superb holdings of The
Metropolitan Museum of Art and all acquired during the last two decades--have been moved
from their customary settings this spring for "Mirror of the Medieval World", an
important new exhibition of the art of the Middle Ages. Organized thematically, the
exhibition features several unexpected groupings of works of art created between the
fourth and the 16th century, inviting visitors to reassess familiar works and to draw
stylistic comparisons among objects created for purposes as diverse as personal adornment,
the activites of daily life, and liturgcal rites.
Since 1979, several hundred works of art were acquired by The Metropolitan Museum's
Department of Medieval Art and by The Cloisters, the branch museum of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art in northern Manhattan devoted to the art and architecture of medieval
Europe. Nearly all of these important acquisitions are from both locations in "Mirror
of the Medieval World," open in the Museum's main building at Fifth Avenue and 82nd
Street.
The exhibition is made possible by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. |
