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Essay

The Guitar

September 1, 2007

By Wendy Powers and Jayson Kerr Dobney

The vihuela and guitar existed simultaneously until the seventeenth century, when the popularity of the guitar superseded the vihuela.

Essay

This is in fact the repeating story of the Spanish guitar: the innovations of Spain’s virtuosic musicians and ingenious craftsmen disperse to captivate and transform guitar-playing traditions around the world.

editorial

Recent Acquisition: PRS Guitar

January 13, 2014

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney discusses the Museum's recent acquisition of a custom-made electric guitar made by PRS Guitars.

Press Release

The Met Receives Landmark Gift of More Than 500 of the Finest Guitars from the Golden Age of American Guitar Making

With this collection, the Museum will become an epicenter for the celebration and study of this iconic instrument

editorial

Pablo Picasso's Man with a Guitar, 1915–16

October 17, 2016

By Rachel Mustalish

Picasso used a variety of materials and techniques to create this small yet complex composition.

editorial

Giving Voice to Times Both Past and Future

August 10, 2015

By Kevin Sherwin

Guest blogger Kevin Sherwin reflects on his recent gallery concert at the Met in which he had the honor to perform on an Ignacio Fleta guitar from the Museum's collection.

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Andrés Segovia on His Hermann Hauser Guitar

March 22, 2022

By Andrés Segovia

Watch this 1955 interview with Andrés Segovia in which he discusses his relationship with master luthier Hermann Hauser and plays the guitar Hauser built for him.

Essay

Buddhism and Buddhist Art

February 1, 2007

By Vidya Dehejia

The Gupta period, from the fourth to the sixth century A.D., in northern India, sometimes referred to as a Golden Age, witnessed the creation of an “ideal image” of the Buddha.

editorial

The Legacy of Guitar Virtuoso Justin Holland Lives On

February 10, 2014

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney and guitarist Ernie Jackson introduce readers to nineteenth-century African-American guitar virtuoso Justin Holland.

editorial

An Instrument from Rock and Roll Royalty, Here at The Met

April 5, 2016

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney highlights a James D'Aquisto guitar in The Met collection donated to the Museum by Steve Miller, who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 8.