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19 results for 1977.310

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Metropolitan Museum of Art to Return Two Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia

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Amulets and Talismans from the Islamic World

November 1, 2010

By Yasmine Al-Saleh

Talismans that contain inscriptions with the names of prophets and religious heroes have the power to protect an individual from hardship and danger by acting as a conduit between the two.
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American Portrait Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century

October 1, 2003

By Carrie Rebora Barratt

Patronage for miniatures extended beyond the court to include the political and merchant elite, eager to own and wear such stunning small portraits of loved ones.
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The Art of the Book in the Middle Ages

October 1, 2001

By Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters

The most lavish medieval books were bound in covers set with enamels, jewels, and ivory carvings.
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The Age of Saint Louis (1226–1270)

October 1, 2001

By Barbara Drake Boehm

At the end of Louis’s reign, 101 different craft guilds were established in the city; the university welcomed scholars and students from across Europe.
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The Legacy of Jacques Louis David (1748–1825)

October 1, 2004

By Kathryn Calley Galitz

David championed a style of rigorous contours, sculpted forms, and polished surfaces; history paintings were intended as moral exemplars.
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New Glasses for the Table

January 16, 2015

By Tim Husband

Curator Tim Husband discusses three recently acquired late medieval glass vessels in The Cloisters Collection.
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Art and Identity in the British North American Colonies, 1700–1776

October 1, 2004

By David Jaffee

By the second quarter of the eighteenth century, British colonists of all ranks were experiencing a consumer revolution.
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The Etching Revival in Nineteenth-Century France

September 1, 2014

By Britany Salsbury

The etching revival inspired an interest in the medium that was sustained throughout the rest of the nineteenth century in France.
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The Sasanian Empire (224–651 A.D.)

October 1, 2003, revised April 1, 2016

By Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Blair Fowlkes-Childs

As Sasanian culture spread abroad, the imagery and style of Sasanian art left a legacy discernible in the art of early medieval Europe, western Central Asia, and China that endured after the fall of the Sasanian dynasty in the mid-seventh century and the growth of Islam.
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Bookcase

Date: ca. 1855
Accession Number: 1977.310.1

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Bookcase

Date: ca. 1855
Accession Number: 1977.310.2

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Gothic Revival Library

This library comes from a red-brick Gothic Revival villa built for banker Frederick Deming (1787–1860) and his family in the hamlet of Balmville, New York. The house is a classic example of the Gothic Revival style in domestic architecture and the room is arranged to illustrate how an upper-middle-class family might have furnished their library.