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The Artist Project: Annabeth Rosen

September 16, 2015
Artist Annabeth Rosen reflects on ceramic deer figurines in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Art for the Christian Liturgy in the Middle Ages

October 1, 2001

By Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters

Because of their sacred function, liturgical objects were often crafted of the most precious materials.
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Curator Interview: Mezzetin

October 12, 2010

By Jennette Mullaney

Jean Antoine Watteau's Mezzetin is among the Museum's most evocative works. Katharine Baetjer, curator in the Department of European Paintings, spoke with Associate Email Marketing Manager Jennette Mullaney about this small, striking painting.
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Jews and the Arts in Medieval Europe

June 1, 2008, revised August 1, 2010

By Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Drake Boehm

Jews served as both patrons and artists, and the art that does survive reveals awareness by Jews of the artistic currents of the day and regular interaction with the majority Christian or Muslim (in the case of Spain) community.
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Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High sits down with How to Read Medieval Art author Wendy Stein to learn some of the meaning behind art of the Middle Ages and uncover the value of looking closely.
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Artist Wayne Thiebaud reflects on Rosa Bonheur's _The Horse Fair_ in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Sound is invisible, yet it’s all around us! What’s going on here? What exactly is a sound, anyway?
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Babylon

June 1, 2016

By Michael Seymour

Although [Babylon] was not among the oldest cities in this part of the world, in ancient Mesopotamian mythology it came to be seen as the first city, made at the creation of the world …
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Lithography in the Nineteenth Century

October 1, 2004

By Colta Feller Ives

Thanks to ease of production and economical distribution, it did not take long for lithography to find a broad range of applications in art and commerce.
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Date: ca. 1150–60
Accession Number: 63.12

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Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
Accession Number: 14.130.2

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January, 2011

 

"It is our job to present works of art with fidelity to the purpose and historical context and aesthetic context in which they were made."

 

Medieval art curator Melanie Holcomb and drawings and prints curator George Goldner discuss the Museum’s responsibilities when showing religious art.

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Purse

Date: 1929
Accession Number: 1977.63.12

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Date: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
Accession Number: 12.182.63

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Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 40.63.12

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Arpád de Késmárky (Hungarian, Budapest 1886–1955?)

Date: 1913
Accession Number: 59.63.12

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Wilhelm Camphausen (German, Düssledorf 1818–1885 Düsseldorf)

Date: 1843
Accession Number: 26.63.12

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Robert Nanteuil (French, Reims 1623–1678 Paris)

Date: 1658
Accession Number: 24.63.12

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Date: 1900s–1930s
Accession Number: 1994.264.63.12