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editorial

¡Noche en el Met! ¡Noche en Watson Library!

October 7, 2015

By Jared Ash and Dana Hart

Special Collections Librarian Jared Ash and Manager for Library Administration Dana Hart discuss a recent MetFridays event hosted in Thomas J. Watson Library.

Essay

Moche Portrait Vessels

September 1, 2021

By Joanne Pillsbury

Artists of the Moche cultures excelled at the creation of “portrait vessels,” so-called for their striking apparent resemblance to specific individuals.

Essay

Moche Decorated Ceramics

August 1, 2009

By Hélène Bernier

Whereas many [Moche decorated ceramics] were ultimately placed in burials or made especially for the dead, most were produced to be used by the living in everyday life.

Publication

Monte Albán

October 1, 2001

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Although never as large or powerful as the city of Teotihuacan, Monte Albán apparently had peaceful relations with its central Mexico neighbor.

Essay

Monte Albán: Sacred Architecture

October 1, 2001

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

[Building L] served as a powerful reminder of Monte Albán’s authority to residents of the valley and to visitors from the farthest reaches of Mesoamerica.

Essay

Alice Cordelia Morse (1863–1961)

May 1, 2009

By Mindell Dubansky

Morse enjoyed working in many styles, while constantly adapting her designs both to complement each book’s theme and appeal to the widest audience.

Past Exhibition

The Facade Commission: Hew Locke, Gilt

15 de septiembre de 2022–30 de mayo de 2023

Gilt is the third in a series of commissions for The Met’s historic facade. Borrowing the format of trophies—emblems of competition and victory—Hew Locke has created four sculptures that reflect on the exercise and representation of power. These wo…

Essay

The Master of Monte Oliveto (active about 1305–35)

November 1, 2009

By Emma Kronman

On close examination, viewers will instantly recognize how evocative and emotional [the Master of Monte Oliveto’s] pictures can be even when they have been copied from earlier prototypes.