Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Burn, Barbara
2006
320 pages
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Introduction
Philippe de Montebello

The Ancient World
Egypt
The Ancient Near East
Greece and Rome
The Middle Ages
Medieval Europe
The Islamic World
The Renaissance
Southern Europe
Northern Europe
The Seventeenth Century in Europe
Asia
India and Southeast Asia
China
Japan
1700–1900 in Europe and the United States
Europe
The United States of America
Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Africa
Oceania
Precolumbian America
The Twentieth Century

Index

Amenhotep III in the Blue Crown, Quartzite
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Guardian Figure, Cedar wood, plaster, paint
ca. 1919–1885 B.C.
Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II, Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise, garnet (pectoral)<br/>Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise, green feldspar (necklace)
ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
Travelling Boat being Rowed, Wood, paint, gesso, linen twine and linen fabric
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Coffin of Khnumnakht, Wood, paint
ca. 1850–1750 B.C.
The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu, Limestone, paint
ca. 2575–2465 B.C.
Sandals, Gold sheet
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Seated Statue of Hatshepsut, Indurated limestone, paint
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Fragment of a Queen's Face, Yellow jasper
ca. 1390–1336 B.C.
Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck, Limestone, paint
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Two Princesses, Limestone, paint
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Lower Face and Shoulders of Akhenaten, Limestone, paint
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid Depicting a Queen (30.8.54), Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), blue glass, obsidian, unidentified stone
ca. 1349–1330 B.C. or shortly thereafter
Kneeling Statue of Yuny, Limestone, paint
ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
Magical Stela (Cippus of Horus), Meta-Greywacke
360–343 B.C.
Outer Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone
completed by 10 B.C.
Cat Statuette intended to contain a mummified cat, Leaded bronze
332–30 B.C.
Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Silver, Proto-Elamite
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Plate with king hunting rams, Silver, mercury gilding, niello inlay, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. mid-5th–mid-6th century CE
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