In addition to philosophy, students engaged in rhetoric (the art of public speaking), mathematics, physics, botany, zoology, religion, music, politics, economics, and psychology.
Objects from different periods and regions vary in the use of calligraphy in their overall design, demonstrating the creative possibilities of calligraphy as ornament.
The degree of ornamentation and the range of symbols found on Tibetan arms and armor can vary considerably, but generally the same decorative motifs found on other Tibetan objects and works of art, such as furniture, ritual implements, sculpture, and paintings, are seen on arms and armor.
Associate Curator Bradley Strauchen-Scherer introduces readers to a Bellophone—a two-belled tuba-euphonium hybrid instrument—recently donated to The Met.
Managing Horticulturist Caleb Leech describes several of the climbing plants at The Cloisters and discusses the interest they held for medieval artists and students of nature.
