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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
Close up of a plait ornament accented with brightly colored stones. The top part of the ornament is round, and hanging underneath is a crescent-shaped piece.
Three Jewels from South Asia
Intern Harita Koya explores three examples of North Indian jewelry in the collection of the Department of Islamic Art.
Harita Koya
November 24, 2015
Composite image of paper historian Alexandra Soteriou giving a lecture at The Met and a picture of a woman working with her hands
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Journey in Search of Indo-Islamic Papermaking Heritage
Paper historian Alexandra Soteriou charts the migration of Muslim papermakers in tandem with dynastic movements and shares a seldom-seen view of hand papermaking.
Alexandra Soteriou
July 13, 2015
Four detail images of flowers in Van Gogh paintings
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Van Gogh: Irises and Roses
This video explores the role of still life and series in Van Gogh’s working practice and highlights the impact of color fading on his artistic aims.
Susan Alyson Stein and Charlotte Hale
May 12, 2015
Sketch of a seating figure hidden underneath "Three Nudes" by Pablo Picasso.
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Focus on Modern Art: Pablo Picasso's "Three Nudes," 1906
Metropolitan Museum conservator Rachel Mustalish makes discoveries beneath the surface of this 1906 drawing, including a link to Pablo Picasso's iconic portrait of Gertrude Stein.
October 14, 2014
A closer look at the layers underneath "Bottle of Rum" by Georges Braque through transmitted light.
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Focus on Modern Art: Georges Braque's "Bottle of Rum," 1914
Metropolitan Museum conservator Isabelle Duvernois discusses Georges Braque's painting process and his adaptation of collage techniques to painting.
October 14, 2014
Dream Logic by Joseph Scheier Dolberg
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12 paintings by Shitao that take you on a journey | Art, Explained
“This is a guy who’s asking the question, ‘Who am I, and what am I supposed to do with my life?’”
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg
November 12, 2013
The Met Fifth facade
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Building the Moroccan Court
Watch this video to embark on a a marvelous journey from Fez to New York, and the creation of a twenty-first-century court using traditional fifteenth-century methods.
August 8, 2013
Love by Mia Fineman
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What can this photograph teach us about love?
"When you are truly in love and then you lose it, you feel like you’re being emptied out."
Mia Fineman
June 25, 2013
Detail from Sanford Robinson Gifford's "A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove), a vast landscape in mostly gold hues.
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How this vast landscape uses tiny brushstrokes to create a unified view of nature
“The artist daringly creates an enormous void, and what he does so brilliantly is to fill the void with this extraordinary light.”
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
June 14, 2013