A taxidermy deer covered with crystals changes the way we look at reality
Location: The Met
In the Third Intermediate Period, lapis represented two of Ptah's roles: that of creator of the world from a watery darkness, and Lord of the Sky.
Cult Image of the God Ptah
The precision of the line and the attention to texture allow this drawing to stand on its own as a finished work.
Groom and Rider drawing
This tradition of highly decorative saddles continues uninterrupted in Tibet for at least a thousand years.
Saddle (gser sga)
This exceptional mask has a solid wooden core carved with two similar faces in opposing directions, often referred to as a Janus face.
Janus-Faced Headdress (Ejagham or Bale peoples)
The luxurious space of the Damascus Room was ikely for an affluent family to host visitors. The opulent décor and poetic inscriptions were designed to make the space feel like a retreat from the bustling commercial center. Explore the masterpiece with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The Damascus Room at The Metropolitan Museum ...
A Nativity group made in wood from colonial Guatemala shows why sculptors from this area were renowned in the viceroyalties
Nativity group, from Guatemala
We stand on a Bruges street and approach a goldsmith’s shop. Hang on, is that a falcon? Looks like we have company.
Petrus Christus, A Goldsmith in his Shop
How modern is this Chinese painting? Of course, it’s a trick question; it all depends on what you mean by "Chinese," or by "modern."
Wang Zhen, Buddhist Sage
Vibrant frescoes from Room M at Boscoreale blur the line between urban, rural, and sacred scenes as well as what is real and imaginary.
Room M of the Villa of Publius ...
Safavid nobles wrapped themselves in poetries of love, wine, and youth
Wine bearers in landscape, a Safavid textile
Learn more about how the Wari people made incredibly complex, detailed textiles like this hat
Four-cornered hat
Tulips, roses, carnations, irises, and hydrangea form this sort of dense garden that weaves in and out of the paisley shapes.
Shawl from Deneirouse and Boisglavy
Follow the conservation treatment and research of “Emblem of Folly,” a painting from colonial Cuzco. Committed study of these works can help create a better understanding of Latinx cultural identity and history.
Conserving Cuzco School Paintings
"One of the great masterpieces of world art was really given rise to by the openness of the Muslim mind."
Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan
What can a pensive bodhisattva tell us about 7th-century Korea?
Pensive bodhisattva
"He's like the bouncer of Buddhism."
Fudō Myōō (Achala-vidyārāja)
A flying figure and a cat animate this bowl from the ancient culture of Paracas, Peru.
Paracas Flying Figure Bowl
When is the imperfect, more perfect? Oribe ware was an early 17th-century revolution in tea ceremony ceramics
Oribe Tea Bowl
"He enlarges private life and makes it public, catching the most touching, the most revealing, the most hidden moment ..."
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