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Symbolism

August 1, 2007

By Nicole Myers

Symbolist painters believed that art should reflect an emotion or idea rather than represent the natural world in the objective, quasi-scientific manner embodied by Realism and Impressionism.
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The Wild Man: Medieval Myth and Symbolism

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Peter Hristoff on Reading Symbols in Art

February 23, 2016

By Peter Hristoff

Artist in Residence Peter Hristoff meditates on the use of symbols in art as a means of communicating information about the artist, culture, time period, and even ourselves.
Press Release

SANDRA PRIEST ROSE ELECTED HONORARY TRUSTEE OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

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Symbols of Power

February 10, 2012

By Emily R.

Teen Advisory Group Member Emily writes about Hans Memling's Portrait of a Young Man.
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"The Sign of the Rose: A Fifteenth-Century Flemish Passion Scene"

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"Classical and Christian Symbolism: An Early Renaissance Female Saint from Augsburg"

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"French Prints in the Era of Impressionism and Symbolism"

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The Medieval Garden Enclosed—The Garden in Heraldry: “Pluck a red rose from off this thorn…”

September 2, 2011

By R. Theo Margelony

Associate Administrator R. Theo Margelony shares research on the history of the rose as a floral charge.
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SUBJECTS AND SYMBOLS IN AMERICAN SCULPTURE: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

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Sarah Ursula Rose

Benjamin West (American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London)

Date: 1756
Accession Number: 64.309.2

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Terracotta amphora handle with stamp

Date: ca. 220–180 BCE
Accession Number: 74.51.2419

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Virgin and Child with an Apple and a Rose

Date: ca. 1350–75
Accession Number: 17.190.203a, b

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Personification of the River Nile

Giovanni Volpato (Italian, Bassano 1732–1803 Rome)

Date: ca. 1785–95
Accession Number: 2001.456

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The Terrace at Vernonnet

Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet)

Date: 1939
Accession Number: 68.1

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Merry Company on a Terrace

Jan Steen (Dutch, Leiden 1626–1679 Leiden)

Date: ca. 1670
Accession Number: 58.89

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Box with Romance Scenes

Date: ca. 1310–30
Accession Number: 17.190.173a, b; 1988.16

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Imperial Lilies-of-the-Valley Basket

House of Carl Fabergé

Date: 1896
Accession Number: L.2011.66.56a, b

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Bessie Springs Smith White (Mrs. Stanford White)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

Date: 1884, carved by 1888
Accession Number: 1976.388

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Armor—Function and Design

Identify moveable and static features of armor as well as functional and symbolic surface details and examine similarities and differences between human and animal "armor" through classroom viewing questions. Enhance the lesson with a sketching activity based on an English suit of armor in The Met collection.