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editorial

Recent Repatriations to Cambodia and Thailand

December 18, 2023

By Max Hollein

Met director and chief executive officer Max Hollein provides an update on the recent restitution of sculptures from the collection

Press Release

The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Transfer 14 Sculptures to the Kingdom of Cambodia

Essay

Bronze Sculpture in the Renaissance

October 1, 2002

By James David Draper

Many European cities had bronze foundries, but Florence saw the first true flowering of bronze sculpture.

Essay

American Bronze Casting

October 1, 2004

By Thayer Tolles

By 1850, the prospect of bronze casting in the United States had taken on added symbolism—a medium that reflected America’s growing confidence and ambition as a world power while at the same time proclaiming its artistic independence from European sculptural models and materials.

Essay

Ancient Greek Bronze Vessels

April 1, 2008

By Amy Sowder

Many more bronze vessels must have existed in antiquity because they were less expensive than silver and gold, and more have survived because they were buried in tombs or hidden in hoards beneath the ground.

Essay

Shang and Zhou Dynasties: The Bronze Age of China

October 1, 2004

By Department of Asian Art

Jade, along with bronze, represents the highest achievement of Bronze Age material culture.

Essay

The Technique of Bronze Statuary in Ancient Greece

October 1, 2003

By Colette Hemingway and Séan Hemingway

Since all but a few ancient bronze statues have been lost or were melted down to reuse the valuable metal, marble copies made during the Roman period provide our primary visual evidence of masterpieces by famous Greek sculptors.

editorial

Reflections on the West through Bronze

March 19, 2014

By Karl

Teen Advisory Group Member Karl reflects on the exhibition The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925, on view through April 13.

Essay

The Art, Form, and Function of Gilt Bronze in the French Interior

April 1, 2008

By Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide

A rigid guild system maintained high standards of craftsmanship and regulated the process of gilt-bronze manufactory.

editorial

A Rare Opportunity to See the Genius of Ancient Chinese Bronze Casters

November 25, 2014

By Zhixin Jason Sun

Curator Zhixin Jason Sun discusses a cast-bronze buffalo on view in the exhibition Innovation and Spectacle: Chinese Ritual Bronzes that has only been lent once before in the last seventy years.