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Essay

Chinese Buddhist Sculpture

September 1, 2010

By Denise Patry Leidy

Works with powerful physiques and thin clothing derive from Indian prototypes, while sculptures that feature thin bodies with thick clothing evince a Chinese idiom.
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Nature in Chinese Culture

October 1, 2004

By Department of Asian Art

The natural world has long been conceived in Chinese thought as a self-generating, complex arrangement of elements that are continuously changing and interacting.
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Essay

Chinese Calligraphy

April 1, 2008

By Dawn Delbanco

Calligraphy, or the art of writing, was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China.
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editorial

Find the Chinese Treasury—if You Dare

May 21, 2014

By Denise Patry Leidy

Curator Denise Patry Leidy introduces works on display in the newly renovated gallery devoted to Chinese treasury objects.
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Small Delights: Chinese Snuff Bottles

January 14, 2014

By Zhixin Jason Sun

Curator Jason Sun gives a brief overview of the current exhibition Small Delights: Chinese Snuff Bottles (on view through June 15, 2014).
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Chinese Handscrolls

April 1, 2008

By Dawn Delbanco

Looking at a handscroll that one has seen before is like visiting an old friend whom one has not seen for a while.
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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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Traditional Chinese Painting in the Twentieth Century

October 1, 2004

By Department of Asian Art

In the arts, a schism developed between conservatives and innovators, between artists seeking to preserve their heritage and those who advocated the reform of Chinese art.
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A Poet's Journey through Chinese Autumn Mountains

March 12, 2018

By Pac Pobric

Digital Editor Pac Pobric looks to a Chinese handscroll to explain how poetry can enliven a painting.
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Chinese Cloisonné

October 1, 2004

By Department of Asian Art

Cloisonné objects were intended primarily for the furnishing of temples and palaces, because their flamboyant splendor was considered appropriate to the function of these structures.
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Art

Jacket

Date: last quarter 20th century
Accession Number: 2006.74.20

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Art

Necklace

Date: probably 19th century
Accession Number: 2008.190.248

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Necklace

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2008.190.140

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the 2006-07 Season of Concerts

The 53rd Season Features the Piano Forte Series with András Schiff, Ivo Pogorelich, and Ivan Moravec; Jordi Savall in Two Concerts; Bach's Mass in B Minor and Handel's Acis and Galatea; Anoushka Shankar, Richie Havens, and Patti Smith; and a Season Opening Concert by Orpheus in the Great Hall
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces the 2007-08 Season of Concerts

The 54th Season Features Itzhak Perlman's First New York Chamber Series; Eleven Pianists Including Nelson Freire, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, and Ingrid Fliter; a Violin Series Featuring Janine Jansen and Hilary Hahn; Patti Smith and Dianne Reeves; and The Beaux Arts Trio's New York Farewell Concert
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces 2010-2011 Concert Season

57th Season Features Acclaimed PianoForte Recitals; New York Philharmonic CONTACT! Series; Pacifica Quartet's Season of Shostakovich; Music from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and the Philippines; Itzhak Perlman, Chanticleer, Sharon Isbin, Patti Smith, Judy Collins, Christine Ebersole, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and More
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts
February 2011

Paul Lewis and Lise de la Salle Continue the PianoForte Recital Series; Itzhak Perlman Performs with Members of the Perlman Music Program; Steve Miller Plays Jazz, Classical Guitarist Odair Assad Performs in Recital; Pacifica Quartet Continues with Shostakovich; and Chinese Theatre Works Performs Little Red Riding Hood

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The Met Receives Monumental 10th-Century
Chinese Painting Riverbank from Oscar L. Tang

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Schedule of Exhibitions Through July 2016

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Schedule of Exhibitions Through July 2016