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The Year One

October 1, 2004

By Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

A look at the art created across the world in the years around Year One of the Western calendar reveals an incredible richness and variety of cultures.
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Here I Sette My Thynge to Sprynge

March 13, 2015

By Caleb Leech

Managing Horticulturist Caleb Leech discusses the significance of the start of spring both at The Cloisters and in the medieval calendar.
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The Medieval Garden Enclosed—Pigs and Pannage

November 13, 2009

By Deirdre Larkin

Deirdre Larkin, managing horticulturist of The Met Cloisters, discusses the origins of pannage, the practice of bringing pigs to the wood to forage, and its significance in medieval art and life.
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Timekeeping and the Night Sky

January 1, 2001
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Notes on Time: Art, Language, and the Night Sky

May 10, 2021

By Isabella Garces

Vija Celmins’s art sparks reflections on our relationship with the stars and the many ways of seeing time.
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Telling Time in Ancient Egypt

February 1, 2017

By Janice Kamrin

Although the exact format changes over time, years were for the most part counted according to the reign of a specific ruler.
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Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian

March 21, 2014

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

In honor of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday, Jayson Dobney introduces a performance of one of the composer's famed cello suites on a prized instrument from the Museum's collection.
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An Egg, a Vanderbilt, and a Master of the Mint Go Digital

January 25, 2017

By Robyn Fleming

Associate Museum Librarian Robyn Fleming looks at some of the more exciting things Watson Library digitized in 2016.
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Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: ca. 1910
Accession Number: 1974.214.29

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Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: ca. 1910–20
Accession Number: 62.233.9

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Robert Rauschenberg (American, Port Arthur, Texas 1925–2008 Captiva Island, Florida)

Date: 1962
Accession Number: 2022.107

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Clockmaker: Joseph Knibb (British, 1640–1711)

Date: ca. 1680–85
Accession Number: 1974.28.92

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Case and enamel design by the Firm of Lucien Falize (French, Paris 1839–1897 Paris)

Date: 1881
Accession Number: 1991.113a–f

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Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 09.148.1

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Designed by Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)

Date: ca. 1905–20
Accession Number: 1990.314.6

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Watchmaker: Thomas Alcock (recorded working 1630, Clockmakers’ Company 1632, died before 1688)

Date: ca. 1650
Accession Number: 17.190.1470

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Claes Oldenburg (American (born Sweden), Stockholm 1929–2022 New York)

Date: 1962
Accession Number: 2006.32.49

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Watchmaker: Nicolas Forfaict (French, Paris, ca. 1580–1615)

Date: ca. 1600–1610
Accession Number: 17.190.1607