This altar piece embodies the culture of storytelling in the Middle Ages

"Medieval art is very much about a multi-media experience."

Curator C. Griffith Mann on the painting "Saint Michael" by Master of Belmonte.

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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.

Photography by Anne-Marie Kellen

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