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Conserving Rusconi: Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture
Go behind the scenes at The Met to see the conservation of a 17th-century edition of Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture.
July 18, 2024
An image of two young figures sitting on the branch of a birch tree. The top and bottom portions of the image are blurred, drawing attention to the in-focus face of the figure on the left.
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“Birches” by Robert Frost: An Optical Poem, 2024
“When I see birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.” On April 7, 1955, Robert Frost delivered a poetry reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
March 26, 2024
Composite image: on the left, an orange and green modern print showing men going down an elevator. On the right, curator Jennifer Farrell.
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Modern Times: British Prints, 1913–1939
Explore rare and important British modernist works on paper recently acquired by The Met from the collection of Leslie and Johanna Garfield.
December 18, 2021
Image of women to the right of a chiaroscuro woodcut with makeup that looks like the woodcut.
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How To Look Like a 17th-century Woodcut Print
Transform yourself into a seventeenth-century Italian work of art with a step-by-step makeup tutorial and art history lesson on chiaroscuro woodcuts.
Cecilia Zhou
October 15, 2021
A painting being projected in a darkened auditorium with panelists seated on stage
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World War I and Contemporary Art
Art historian Robert Storr moderates a discussion with artists Sue Coe, Suzanne McClelland, and James Siena about the artistic influence of the First World War.
December 10, 2017
Woman standing at a podium in a darkened auditorium with an image of a charcoal drawing projected on screen
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World War I: Its History and Art
In this lecture, four art historians discuss the history of World War I and the art that was produced during the war.
December 1, 2017
Andrea Bowers on Howardena Pindell
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The Artist Project: Andrea Bowers
Artist Andrea Bowers reflects on Howardena Pindell in this episode of The Artist Project.
June 6, 2016
Cecily Brown on medieval sculptures of the Madonna and Child
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The Artist Project: Cecily Brown
Artist Cecily Brown reflects on medieval sculptures of the Madonna and Child in this episode of The Artist Project.
June 6, 2016
Woman in a green scarf discussing a drawing that sits on a table in a library
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Jacques Louis David's Drawing The Death of Socrates | MetCollects
"What is the path to a masterpiece?" Perrin Stein on Jacques Louis David's The Death of Socrates.
Perrin Stein
March 16, 2016
Sopheap Pich on Vincent van Gogh's drawings
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The Artist Project: Sopheap Pich
Sopheap Pich reflects on Vincent van Gogh’s drawings in this episode of The Artist Project.
February 29, 2016
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