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Essay

American Silver Vessels for Wine, Beer, and Punch

August 1, 2010

By Beth Carver Wees

In an era when drinking water could be hazardous to one’s health, beer, wine, and spirits were considered safe and even nutritious.
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video

Connections: Bugs

September 26, 2011
Educator Edie Watts highlights the subtle and surprising instances where bugs are depicted throughout works in The Met collection.
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editorial

Not Just Dream Jobs!

February 24, 2016

By Teresa

Former High School Intern Teresa shares what she learned from applying to the High School Internship Program and speaking with Met staff.
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Painting With Bugs: Where Does Color Come From?

August 26, 2021
Sometimes the colors in paints and dyes come from the natural world, like plants, minerals, and… bugs? Meet the cochineal—the tiny, cactus-loving insect that brings a bright, vibrant red color to art, clothing, and even food—and learn all about the science of pigments.
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Essay

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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Essay

Colonial Kero Cups

October 1, 2003

By Johanna Hecht

The religious elements involved in their design and use had made kero cups frequent targets of early Spanish drives to destroy “pagan” rites.
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editorial

Popes and Wine in Provence

October 8, 2013

By Daphne Birdsey

We're in the sunny region of Provence (not considered part of France until the fifteenth century), and we recently visited the former papal palace in Avignon, which housed seven successive popes during the fourteenth century (for various reasons). Much of the palace was ruined during the French Revolution, but you can still get a sense of the scale of the rooms and the richness of the decor. One original painted ceiling has managed to survive for seven hundred years!
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Publication

"Ships on a 'Wine-Dark Sea' in the Age of Homer"

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Past Exhibition

Jegi: Korean Ritual Objects

August 6, 2022–October 11, 2023
Rituals and customs help celebrate life’s milestones, remember the past, and mark time. In addition to their significance as social conventions, rituals often reaffirm state, governmental, and religious principles. In Korea, performing ancestral ri…
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Prayer, Placement, and Absolution: Peter Hristoff on Islamic Prayer Rugs

December 1, 2015

By Peter Hristoff

Artist in Residence Peter Hristoff meditates on the role of Islamic prayer rugs (seccades) and the role they play in his own creative output.
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Art

Wine jug (one of a pair)

Date: ca. 1680
Accession Number: 1985.181.2

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Art

Wine jug (one of a pair)

Date: ca. 1680
Accession Number: 1985.181.1

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Art

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Date: early 16th century
Accession Number: 91.1.607

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Art

Bronze jug

Date: ca. 6th–early 5th century BCE
Accession Number: 2000.233

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Art

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Workshop of the Bowdoin Painter

Date: ca. 480 BCE
Accession Number: 08.258.28

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Art

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Associated in style with the Lecce Painter

Date: ca. 375–350 BCE
Accession Number: 13.232.3

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Art

Terracotta oinochoe (wine jug)

Date: 1st century CE
Accession Number: 06.1021.281

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Art

Head of a satyr for attachment to a jug

Date: 246–221 B.C.
Accession Number: 1986.456.2

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Art

Terracotta oinochoe (wine jug)

Date: ca. 600 BCE
Accession Number: 1976.223

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Art

Terracotta oinochoe (wine jug)

Attributed to an artist in the Sydney Cluster

Date: ca. 620–590 BCE
Accession Number: 13.225.10