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Healing and Magic in Ancient Egypt

May 30, 2020

By Isabel Stünkel

These ancient Egyptian artworks provided healing magic to those who used them.
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Ethiopian Healing Scrolls

April 1, 2015

By Kristen Windmuller-Luna

Images on scrolls are nonrepresentational talismanic designs that reveal mysteries and enhance the effectiveness of written prayers.
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Herbs for the Mediaeval Household for Cooking, Healing and Divers Uses

Covering nearly seventy different herbs, this book details each plant’s specific role in several aspects of medieval society including cooking, healing, and pest control. Illustrated with 16th century prints which highlight the practical applications and symbolic significance of botanicals in the household as well as prints of the featured plants from a 15th century manuscript, this book provides a clear but thorough introduction to herbs and their diverse uses in medieval Europe.
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Healing Through Colors

March 2, 2022

By Annie Lanzillotto

Hear artist and poet Annie Lanzillotto discuss the surprising ways that art inspires and heals over a lifetime.
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"El Greco's Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind: Chronology Reconsidered"

Press Release

Symposium Presented in Partnership with the World Health Organization and The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a “Cultural Call to Action” to Invest in the Arts to Improve Physical, Mental, and Social Health

Press Release

The Met and the World Health Organization’s Arts and Health Program Present a Global Virtual Event to Launch Healing Arts New York

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San Ethnography

October 1, 2001

By Geoffrey Blundell

As scholars came to understand San beliefs in greater detail, more and more of the art could be related to San religious beliefs concerning the world of the spirits and the ritual by means of which they contacted that world—the healing or trance dance.
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Meet the Narwhal, the Long-Toothed Whale that Inspired a Magical Medieval Legend

February 3, 2021

By Eddie Baker

Do you believe in unicorns? People in the Middle Ages did, and they even thought that unicorn horns had special healing powers.
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Bring an Island Deity to Life with Augmented Reality

May 15, 2020

By Barbara Bridgers, Scott Geffert, Xue Chen, and Deepa Paulus

Now you can explore a zemí-Taíno deity present in healing ceremonies—at home in augmented reality.
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Christ Healing the Blind

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo)

Date: ca. 1570
Accession Number: 1978.416

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Amulet Carved in Intaglio (Incised)

Date: 6th–7th century
Accession Number: 17.190.491

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Christ Healing the Blindman

Gerardus Duyckinck I (1695–1746)

Date: ca. 1725–30
Accession Number: 2014.178

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Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man

Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome)

Date: 1655
Accession Number: 24.45.2

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Cup with scenes from the New Testament (one of a pair)

Franz Fischer (master 1600, died 1653)

Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 17.190.586

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The Healing of the Blind Man and the Raising of Lazarus

Date: first half 12th century (possibly 1129–34)
Accession Number: 59.196

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Healing of the Paralyzed Man at Capernaum (one of a set of 12 scenes from The Life of Christ)

Jan Rombouts (South Netherlandish (Duchy of Brabant), 1475–1535)

Date: ca. 1525–30
Accession Number: 44.114.7

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Saint John the Baptist; Saint Lucy

Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (Italian, Città della Pieve, active by 1469–died 1523 Fontignano)

Accession Number: 1981.293.1–2

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Healing Scroll

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2011.377

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Healing Scroll

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 95.66