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editorial

Tiepolo’s Triumph

September 26, 2024

By Hugh Raffles

How many millions have climbed the Great Staircase since Tiepolo’s _Triumph of Marius_ was unrolled from its giant storage drum in 1965?
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Perhaps the most famous wrought-iron monument is the Eiffel Tower in Paris. But you can also find wrought iron all around you on the streets of New York City, decorating balconies, staircases, windows, and doorways.
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editorial

The Museum, Constructed

December 17, 2010

By Brian Cha

Intern Brian Cha takes readers on a brief tour through the Metropolitan Museum to examine its architectural history.
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Today in Met History: March 1

March 1, 2013

By Aleksandr Gelfand

On March 1, 1873, the Metropolitan Museum signed a lease for the Douglas Mansion on West 14th Street, its temporary home while the permanent building in Central Park was under construction.
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Essay

Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879–1948) in Persepolis

February 1, 2017

By Daira Szostak

Along with his studies at the Islamic city of Samarra, [Herzfeld’s] research at Persepolis is the best known work of his career.
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editorial

Sonic Storytelling with 3-D Audio at The Met

June 21, 2018

By Nina Diamond

Managing Editor and Producer Nina Diamond shares insight into the collaborative production and complex layers that underlie The Met's first 3-D audio experience.
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Tikal: Sacred Architecture

October 1, 2001

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

As the centuries passed, the structures of the North Acropolis were built ever larger and more massive.
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Louis Henry Sullivan (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1856–1924 Chicago, Illinois)

Date: 1893
Accession Number: 1972.50.2

Image for Staircase from Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago

Louis Henry Sullivan (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1856–1924 Chicago, Illinois)

Date: 1893
Accession Number: 1972.50.1

Image for Staircase from Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire

Attributed to Edward Pearce (ca. 1630–1695)

Date: ca. 1677–80
Accession Number: 32.152

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Louis Henry Sullivan (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1856–1924 Chicago, Illinois)

Date: 1893
Accession Number: 1972.50.3

Image for Staircase from Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago

Louis Henry Sullivan (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1856–1924 Chicago, Illinois)

Date: 1893
Accession Number: 1972.50.4

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Date: late 15th or early 16th century
Accession Number: 13.138.1

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Armin Landeck (American, Crandon, Wisconsin 1905–1984 East Cornwall, Connecticut)

Date: ca. 1942
Accession Number: 43.20.14

Image for Staircase balustrade from Chesterfield House, London

Date: probably ca. 1747
Accession Number: 65.164

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Date: 1695–1700
Accession Number: 26.290

Image for Newel Post and Three Balusters from a Staircase

Date: 1760–65
Accession Number: 10.125.402a–d