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Essay

The Bikini

October 1, 2004

By Beth Duncuff Charleston

Simply defined, the bikini is an abbreviated two-piece swimsuit with a bra top and panties cut below the navel. Broadly defined, the bikini represents a social leap involving body consciousness, moral concerns, and sexual attitudes.
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The Vikings (780–1100)

October 1, 2002

By Jean Sorabella

Although Christian annalists normally portray the Vikings as uncivilized and unprincipled men, the evidence of their achievements proves their sophistication.
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Something for Everyone, Even Vikings

April 29, 2015

By Catherine Paolillo

Senior Library Associate Catherine Paolillo discusses the pleasures of finding the perfect book for the people who visit her at Watson Library.
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Portraits of African Leadership: Living Rulers

October 1, 2003

By Alexander Ives Bortolot

While images of dynastic ancestry were an important chiefly art form, so were images of living rulers.
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Wisteria Dining Room, Paris

November 1, 2009

By Jared Goss

Because the Wisteria dining room is preserved entirely furnished as it stood when completed, even the rug especially made for it, and because contemporary documentation provides us with the names of the team of craftsmen responsible, this Art Nouveau room is unique in an American museum.
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Faking It Symposium: Indexical Fingers

November 2, 2012
The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013.
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Faking It Symposium: Social Documentary and Pictorial Manipulation

November 2, 2012
The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013.
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Faking It Symposium: Return of the Suppressed

November 2, 2012
The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013.
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Digital Art Copyism: Making Your Own Super Mario Clouds

June 26, 2014

By Jonathan Dahan

Former Media Technology Developer Jonathan Dahan takes readers through his step-by-step process for making a new version of Cory Arcangel's Super Mario Clouds.
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Making New Art Inspired by the Met's Collections with Google Glass

February 6, 2014

By Neal Stimler and Gretchen Andrus Andrew

Associate Digital Asset Specialist Neal Stimler and artist Gretchen Andrus Andrew explore how Google Glass enhances the process of art-making in a digital culture.
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Art

Viking Sword

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 55.46.1

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Round Box Brooch

Date: 1000–1100
Accession Number: 1982.323.2

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Art

Oval Brooch

Date: 900–1000
Accession Number: 1982.323.1

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Art

Animal-Head Brooch

Date: 1000–1100
Accession Number: 1982.323.3

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Art

Viking Punch Bowl

Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)

Date: ca. 1893
Accession Number: 69.4a, b

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Art

Terminal for an Open Ring Brooch

Date: ca. 950
Accession Number: 2000.140

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God's trombones : seven negro sermons in verse

James Weldon Johnson (American, Jacksonville, Florida 1871-1938 Wiscasset, Maine)

Date: 1927
Accession Number: PS3519.O2625 G6 1927

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Art

Round Box Brooch

Date: 700–900
Accession Number: 1992.59.1

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Earring

Date: 9th–10th century
Accession Number: 51.125.2

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Art

Earring

Date: 9th–10th century
Accession Number: 51.125.3