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Interview with Christopher S. Lightfoot, Author and Curator of Ennion: Master of Roman Glass
Posted on January 13, 2015Today we’re sharing an interview that appeared recently on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s blog, in which editorial assistant Rachel High speaks with curator Christopher S. Lightfoot about the innovations […] -
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The Monastery at Ranod: Exploring The Remains of Medieval India
Posted on June 10, 2014Today, we are very proud to publish an important new book – Tamara Sears’s Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings: Architecture and Asceticism in Medieval India, the first full-length study of […] -
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Sneak Peek from Stephen Houston, The Life Within: Classic Maya and the Matter of Permanence
Posted on January 8, 2014In March, we will publish a groundbreaking new book about Maya animism and how their belief system informed their choices in and uses of artistic materials. Renowned Mayanist scholar Stephen […] -
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Curator Helen Evans Tours the Objects of Byzantium and Islam
Posted on April 24, 2012Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th – 9th Century), the revelatory exhibition now on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (accompanied by a rich catalogue of the same […] -
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Changing How We See Native American Art
Posted on April 12, 2012Native fashion is hip: Native American costumes are sold by the thousands every Halloween, partygoers and celebrities are photographed donning pasted feather headdresses, and some sports teams still brand themselves […]