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Alchemy, Science, and Innovations in the Decorative Arts

February 24, 2020

By Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie

Early modern rulers used scientific objects to express magnificence—but their "science" was more expansive than ours.
Image for Cutting Through the Fat: Animal Species and Food Processing Techniques of Residues Found in Nineteenth-Century Edgefield Pottery
Following analysis of food sources in stoneware vessels from the Old Edgefield District, South Carolina, an innovative approach probes the composition of trace food residues through close collaboration of The Met’s Department of Scientific Research and the University of Bordeaux through ARCHE.
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A World of Sports at The Met

September 21, 2017

By Egle Žygas

Press officer Egle Zygas invites readers to see 10 artworks and objects spanning more than 2,000 years of sports around the world.
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The Giants of Mont’e Prama

May 25, 2023

By Alexis Belis

Learn about the discovery and meaning of these ancient stone figures from Sardinia.
Image for American Georgian Interiors (Mid-Eighteenth-Century Period Rooms)
Georgian design, which was characterized by an adherence to theories of order, symmetry, and proportion drawn from classical models during the Renaissance, represented a significant departure from earlier English decorative traditions.
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The Rise of Paper Photography in 1850s France

September 1, 2008

By Malcolm Daniel

No longer experimental or unreliable but not yet industrialized, photography in the 1850s was still very much a handcrafted medium with technical treatises that provided the foundation of knowledge on which individual photographers could build their experience.
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In Honor of Pharaoh's Fighters

November 9, 2015

By Kei Yamamoto

Research Associate Kei Yamamoto discusses objects from Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom that depict warriors in battle or were used by these fighters in everyday life.
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How to Make An Optical Illusion

October 20, 2023
Trick your friends with this optical illusion! Create an entire rainbow using only the primary colors — red, yellow, and blue dots.
Image for Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder (Cranequin)

Crossbow attributed to Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder (German, Dresden 1696–1778)

Date: crossbow, ca. 1720–30; winder, ca. 1575–1600
Accession Number: 29.158.650a, b

Image for Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413–1480)

Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (probably Swiss, active Stuttgart, recorded 1453–1460)

Date: dated 1460
Accession Number: 04.3.36

Image for Quiver with Eleven Crossbow Bolts

Date: quiver, probably early 16th century; bolts, 14th–16th century
Accession Number: 29.158.646a–l

Image for Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder (Cranequin)

Crossbow by Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder (German, Dresden 1696–1778)

Date: dated 1742
Accession Number: 1985.248a, b

Image for Cranequin (Crossbow Winder)

Date: dated 1727
Accession Number: 1986.205

Image for Pellet and Bolt Crossbow Combined with a Wheel-Lock Gun

Decoration based on designs by Jacob Floris (Central European, 1524–1581) , published in Antwerp in 1564.

Date: ca. 1570–1600
Accession Number: 14.25.1573

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Date: ca. 1425–75
Accession Number: 29.158.647

Image for Quiver with Nine Crossbow Bolts

Date: probably 17th or 18th century
Accession Number: 29.158.648a–j

Image for Box For Crossbow Bolts (<i>Bolzenkasten</i>), Probably Made for William IV, Duke of Bavaria (r. 1508–50)

Hans Wagner the Elder (German, Munich, recorded 1539–56)

Date: dated 1539
Accession Number: 69.199

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Date: ca. 1437–39
Accession Number: 66.199