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10 Free Art Books to Read while Social Distancing

Burn through your book stack already? Here's a list of free books to read at home.
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Fashion Back Stories: Linking Archival Material to Costume Institute Objects

Museum Archives Senior Associate for Archival Processing Celia Hartmann discusses some recently digitized finding aids. 
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Tiles, Carpets, and Panels: A Few of Peter Hristoff's Favorite Things

Ahead of an Artists on Artworks event on January 29, Artist in Residence Peter Hristoff gives readers a look at some of the objects in the Met's collection that inspire his work.
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Might and Magic: The Use of Talismans in Islamic Arms and Armor

Former Mellon Curatorial Fellow Rachel Parikh explores the use of talismans—objects believed to be imbued with magical properties—in arms and armor from the Islamic world.
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New Glasses for the Table

Curator Tim Husband discusses three recently acquired late medieval glass vessels in The Cloisters Collection.
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Paper Pastimes: Puzzles, Games, and Other Creative Outlets from the Collection of Drawings and Prints

It is a little-known fact that The Met is the keeper of many historic puzzles, games, and other popular pastimes. Because they have formed a significant category within the graphic arts since the wide-spread introduction of paper in the late fourteenth century, a vast selection can be found in the Department of Drawings and Prints.
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Displaying Islamic Art at the Metropolitan: A Retrospective Look

This illustrated essay describes the evolution of the display of Islamic art at the Met—from the first largely visual exhibitions to the present scholarly organization by style, material, and civilization.
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Bookcase

Date:ca. 1855
Medium:Oak, pine
Accession Number:1977.310.1
Location:On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 740
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Artwork

Bookcase

Date:ca. 1855
Medium:Oak, pine
Accession Number:1977.310.2
Location:On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 740
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Gothic Revival Library

This library comes from a red-brick Gothic Revival villa built for banker Frederick Deming (1787–1860) and his family in the hamlet of Balmville, New York. The house is a classic example of the Gothic Revival style in domestic architecture and the room is arranged to illustrate how an upper-middle-class family might have furnished their library.