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Essay

Carpets from the Islamic World, 1600–1800

October 1, 2003

By Marika Sardar

[Carpets] were traded to Europe and the Far East where, too precious to be placed on the ground, they were used to cover furniture or hung on walls. Within the Islamic world, especially fine specimens were collected in royal households.

Essay

Visual Culture of the Atlantic World

April 1, 2018

By Emily Casey

For Europeans, access to newly discovered parts of the world produced a culture that marked the unfamiliar and foreign as signifiers of wealth and status.

editorial

Celebrating the World Cup through the Met's Collection

June 12, 2014

By Christopher Gorman

Christopher Gorman, assistant for administration in Audience Development, invites visitors to celebrate the World Cup by exploring the Met's global collection.

Essay

Astronomy and Astrology in the Medieval Islamic World

August 1, 2011

By Marika Sardar

While their work was based on ancient sources from Greece, Iran, and India, [scientists in the Islamic world] updated methods for measuring and calculating the movement of heavenly bodies, and continued to develop models of the universe and the movements of the planets within it.

editorial

Le Brun's Jabach: Who's Got the Best?

August 13, 2014

By Keith Christiansen

Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings, compares the Met's Jabach portrait with a version that was destroyed in World War II.

video

World War I and Contemporary Art

December 10, 2017

Art historian Robert Storr moderates a discussion with artists Sue Coe, Suzanne McClelland, and James Siena about the artistic influence of the First World War.