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editorial

Own a Van Gogh in Animal Crossing, with The Met's New Share Tool

April 27, 2020

By The Digital Editors

Here's how to download Met artworks into the game.

editorial

Paintings Uncovered

May 12, 2015

By Betty Quinn

Former MediaLab Intern Betty Quinn describes an interactive interface she created that allows users to explore the hidden layers found beneath a painting's surface.

video

Conserving Cuzco School Paintings

February 4, 2021

By José Luis Lazarte Luna

Follow the conservation treatment of Emblem of Folly, a painting from colonial Cuzco that “shines a light on those communities or artists that have not had the focus before.”

Essay

Sienese Painting

October 1, 2004

By Keith Christiansen

Duccio may be considered the father of Sienese painting and is, together with Giotto, one of the founders of Western art.

Essay

Korean Munbangdo Paintings

December 1, 2016, revised May 1, 2020

By Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun

In addition to illustrating the appeal of new and foreign items in Joseon society, munbangdo paintings represent three significant aesthetic trends of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: illusionism; antiquarianism and empiricism; and auspicious symbolism.

editorial

Masterpiece Paintings at The Met: Forging Connections through Centuries of Painting

September 6, 2016

By Rachel High

Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High speaks with author Kathryn Calley Galitz about her new book, a landmark survey of The Met's painting collection.

editorial

Listening to Paintings

January 20, 2015

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney introduces readers to some of the themes and musical instruments currently on view in the exhibition Painting Music in the Age of Caravaggio.

Essay

Roman Painting

October 1, 2004

By Department of Greek and Roman Art

Although ancient literary references inform us of Roman paintings on wood, ivory, and other materials, works that have survived are in the durable medium of fresco that was used to adorn the interiors of private homes in Roman cities and in the countryside.

Essay

Chinese Painting

June 1, 2008

By Maxwell K. Hearn

Integrating calligraphy, poetry, and painting, scholar-artists for the first time combined the “three perfections” in a single work.

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