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editorial

A Very Special Visitor: Albrecht Dürer's Woodblock for The Fifth Knot

December 11, 2015

By Femke Speelberg

Now on view in Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620, Associate Curator Femke Speelberg welcomes to the Met the woodblock Albrecht Dürer created to produce his woodcut rendition of Da Vinci's The Fifth Knot.

Essay

The Kilt

October 1, 2004

By Andrew Bolton

From its origins as the basic garb of the Highlander, Scotsmen and non-Scotsmen alike have embraced [the kilt] as uniform, formal and semi-formal wear, and casual everyday wear.

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What We Do Not Know about The Crucifixion of Stefano da Verona

May 15, 2018

By Keith Christiansen

Curator Keith Christiansen explores the mixture of French and Italian painting styles that influenced artistic production in fifteenth-century Milan, and the impact of this cross-cultural approach on the work of Stefano da Verona.

Essay

Indian Knoll (3000–2000 B.C.)

October 1, 2003

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

The burials [found in the Indian Knoll mound] were of individuals, not groups, and included men, women, children, and dogs. Many held gender-specific objects.

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On Acquiring a Rare Early Seventeenth-Century Koto

April 13, 2015

By Ken Moore

Curator Ken Moore details the intricacies of an exquisite Japanese koto acquired by the Museum in 2007.

Essay

The Kano School of Painting

October 1, 2003

By Department of Asian Art

The Kano school was the longest lived and most influential school of painting in Japanese history; its more than 300-year prominence is unique in world art history.

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Not Your Average Tour

June 18, 2012

By Kit

High School Intern Kit describes her reaction to Andrea Fraser's film Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk, on view in the exhibition Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film, and Video.

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The decorated koto that might be too beautiful to play

June 19, 2013

By Ken Moore

"This object has art, it has music, it's got myth, but behind all that there's a very human story."

Essay

Nok Terracottas (500 B.C.–200 A.D.)

October 1, 2000

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Finely worked to a resilient consistency from local clays and gravel, the millennia-long endurance of [Nok sculpture] is a testament to the technical ability of their makers.

Past Exhibition

Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now

November 17, 2024–February 17, 2025

Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now examines how Black artists and other cultural figures have engaged with ancient Egypt through visual art, sculpture, literature, music, scholarship, religion, politics, and performance. I…