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Not everything is always as it seems, especially when artists make one material look like another. Look closely at how objects were made to find this week’s connections!

A historical costume resembling ancient Roman armor, consisting of a decorative helmet with a golden crest and ornate detailing, and a detailed tunic with embroidered patterns and imagery of lions.
Artwork

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Cubist artwork featuring abstract shapes, wood textures, and newspaper snippets on a teal background. The composition includes geometric forms and angles, with a violin scroll amidst collage elements.
Close Look

How the artist’s unorthodox techniques fool and delight the eye

Icons and symbols have a long and storied history, especially when used to communicate ideas, words, and emotions in art. Can the emojis we use today also be used to view artworks in a new light?

A detailed marble sculpture depicting a muscular, seated man biting his fingers, with multiple entangled figures beneath him, portraying anguish and tension. The background is a plain, gradient gray.
Artwork

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Left: A decorative ceramic plate featuring a lion-like creature in a circular pattern on a beige background, showcasing symbols in art. Right: A colorful abstract artwork with silhouettes of animals and figures against a geometric backdrop in red, blue, and yellow, communicating information through vibrant imagery.
Article

Artist in Residence Peter Hristoff meditates on the use of symbols in art as a means of communicating information about the artist, culture, time period, and even ourselves.

Harlem, New York is a neighborhood immortalized and made internationally famous by the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. The artists featured this week looked to Harlem as a subject and source of inspiration.

A vibrant, colorful collage of buildings along a streetscape, depicting varied daily activities in windows and on the street against a bright blue sky.
Artwork

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A vibrant painting features two figures with stylized faces in a cityscape, surrounded by colorful buildings
Audio

Listen to Perspectives podcast on the Harlem Renaissance.

The history of art is a history of technological innovation. Artists have constantly sought new formulas, techniques, and tools to produce art, and in turn have contributed to technological advancement at large.

A small, smooth stone figure with no head, exaggerated thighs and minimalist features.
Artwork

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A team of experts from across The Met gains new understanding of Jacques Louis David’s iconic portrait.