Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977-2008

Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977–2008

Various authors

2009

184 pages

184 illustrations

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Table of contents

About the authors

Praise

Foreword
James R. Houghton

Authors

Introduction
Katherine Baetjer

Note to the Reader

Antiquity
Dorothea Arnold, Joan Aruz, Carlos A. Picón

Medieval Europe
Peter Barnet

Europe from the Renaissance
Everett Fahy, Keith Christiansen, Walter Liedtke, Colta Ives, George R. Goldner, Ian Wardropper, Thomas P. Campbell, Dita Amory, Laurence B. Kanter

American Art
Morrison H. Heckscher

Musical Instruments
J. Kenneth Moore

Music at the Museum
Hilde Limondjian

Arms and Armor
Stuart W. Pyhrr, Donald J. La Rocca

Asian Art
Maxwell K. Hearn, James C. Y. Watt

Islamic Art
Stefano Carboni

Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Julie Jones, Alisa LaGamma, Eric Kjellgren, Virginia Lee-Webb

The Modern Era
Gary Tinterow

Photographs
Malcolm Daniel

Costume
Harold Koda

Publications
John P. O'Neill

Index

Photograph Credits

Met Art in Publication

Jean Charles Garnier d'Isle (1697–1755), Maurice Quentin de La Tour French, Pastel and gouache on blue paper, laid down on canvas — Jean Charles Garnier d'Isle (1697–1755)
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
ca. 1750

Mastaba Tomb of Perneb, Limestone, paint — Mastaba Tomb of Perneb
ca. 2381–2323 B.C.

Recumbent Lion, Granite — Recumbent Lion
ca. 2575–2450 B.C.

Two Princesses, Limestone, paint — Two Princesses
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Ripe barley, Limestone, paint — Ripe barley
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Ritual Figure, Wood, formerly clad with lead sheet — Ritual Figure
380–246 B.C.

Torso of a High General, Meta-greywacke — Torso of a High General
4th century B.C.

Carpenter Making a Chair, Tomb of Rekhmire, Nina de Garis Davies, Tempera on paper — Carpenter Making a Chair, Tomb of Rekhmire
Nina de Garis Davies
ca. 1479–1400 B.C.

Cuneiform tablet: record of a lawsuit, Clay, Old Assyrian Trading Colony — Cuneiform tablet: record of a lawsuit
ca. 20th–19th century BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: pharaoh wearing Double Crown, kneeling figures below vultures holding shn symbols; ankh, Hematite — Cylinder seal and modern impression: pharaoh wearing Double Crown, kneeling figures below vultures holding shn symbols; ankh
ca. 1720–1650 BCE

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.5a: record of a lawsuit, Clay, Old Assyrian Trading Colony — Cuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.5a: record of a lawsuit
ca. 20th–19th century BCE

Ensemble of Rosettes, Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, transparent crizzled glass, opaque turquoise glass — Ensemble of Rosettes
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Glass mosaic jar, Glass, Greek, probably Eastern Mediterranean — Glass mosaic jar
2nd–early 1st century BCE

Glass gold-band mosaic alabastron (perfume bottle), Glass, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean — Glass gold-band mosaic alabastron (perfume bottle)
1st century BCE

Glass garland bowl, Glass, Roman — Glass garland bowl
late 1st century BCE

Glass oinochoe (jug), Glass, Roman — Glass oinochoe (jug)
late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Glass cameo fragment of a large platter or tabletop, Glass, Roman — Glass cameo fragment of a large platter or tabletop
1st half of 1st century CE

Gold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes, Gold, Greek, South Italian, Tarentine — Gold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes
late 4th century BCE

Gold ring with carnelian intaglio portrait of Tiberius, Gold, carnelian, Roman — Gold ring with carnelian intaglio portrait of Tiberius
ca. 14–37 CE

Pair of gold armbands, Gold, Greek — Pair of gold armbands
ca. 200 BCE

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Houghton, James R., and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), eds. 2009. Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1977-2008. New York : New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Yale University Press.