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Hiram Powers (1805–1873)

April 1, 2016

By Caroline M. Culp and Thayer Tolles

Among the most influential and best-known American sculptors of the nineteenth century, Hiram Powers enjoyed international recognition for marbles executed in the prevailing Neoclassical style.

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Maquetas de barro nayaritas: una mirada a su interior

September 24, 2024

La curadora Laura Filloy Nadal te invita a asomarte al interior de tres maquetas de barro de la antigua cultura nayarita, que ofrecen una singular ventana para conocer algunos aspectos de la vida cotidiana en el occidente de México entre los años 100 antes de nuestra era y 200 de la era común.

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Pierre Didot the Elder (1761–1853)

January 1, 2012

By Elizabeth M. Rudy

To bolster the grandiose claims of his publications, Didot hired the preeminent painter of the era, Jacques Louis David, to edit the illustrations.

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American Women Sculptors

August 1, 2010

By Thayer Tolles

They broke new ground through their independent lifestyles and emphasis on career over marriage and motherhood.

Press Release

Iria Candela y Beatrice Galilee asumirán nuevas curadurías auspiciadas por Daniel y Estrellita Brodsky en el Departamento de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo del Metropolitan

Press Release

Se inaugurará en el Met la primera gran exposición sobre el pintor afrohispano Juan de Pareja, el modelo del icónico retrato de Diego Velázquez

Publication

Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868

Samurai arms and equipment are widely recognized as masterpieces in steel, silk, and lacquer. This extensively illustrated volume includes the finest examples of swords, sword mountings and fittings, armor and helmets, saddles, banners, and paintings from Japanese collections. Dating from the fifth to the nineteenth century, these majestic objects offer a complete picture of samurai culture and its unique blend of the martial and the refined.

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American Sculpture at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

September 1, 2016

By Thayer Tolles

For the sculptors whose works were displayed outdoors on the fairgrounds as well as in the Fine Arts Building, the World’s Columbian Exposition was a professional and aesthetic coming of age.

Past Exhibition

Hybrid Creatures and Creative Habitats: Exploring Medieval Beasts and Where They Live at The Met Cloisters

February 6–March 4, 2025

Animals, both real and imagined, make frequent appearances in medieval art. They are included in artworks as decorative elements, cultural and religious symbols, and as a reflection of the natural world. As part of The Met Cloisters’ commitment to …

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Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955)

April 1, 2012

By Thayer Tolles

Her stated artistic objective, as she told an interviewer in 1925, was to “look for beauty in the every-day world, to catch the joy and swing of modern American life.”