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| Frick Collection Highlights Spanish Art in Fall 2010
New York's Frick Collection is paying special tribute to the Spanish Old Masters in Fall 2010 with two special exhibitions whose schedules thankfully overlap. Read more. |
| 5.24 Million Visitors at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2009-10
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| Roman Statue of Three Graces Acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today its acquisition of The Three Graces (2nd Century A.D.), a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic Greek sculpture from the 2nd Century B.C. Read more. |
| Etruscan and Roman Art: A Bibliography
Octavius (63-14 B.C.), Julius Caesar's successor and Rome's first emperor, reportedly said, "I found Rome a city of bricks and I left it a city of marble." This pompous remark aptly characterizes the history of ancient Italian art and architecture from the early days of the Etruscans through the rise and decline of classical Roman civilization. Read more. |
| The Lady of Auxerre
The Musée du Louvre's female statuette known as The Lady of Auxerre (ca. 640-630 B.C.) is a masterpiece of early Greek art. The yellowish limestone work likely comes from the site of Eleutherna in western Crete, where objects of similar manufacture, including a statue fragment and faces made from ivory, have recently surfaced at the necropolis (cemetery) of Orthi Petra. Read more. |
| Book Review| Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437 (exh. cat.)
Some may find it unusual that Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437, the 384-page catalogue of a major special exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (September 20, 2005-January 3, 2006) and Prague Castle, the Czech Republic (February 16-May 21, 2006), begins in that fateful year. Read more. |
| Hawass Discovers Two Old Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities and Deputy Minister of Culture, announced today his team's discovery of a father and son's intact tombs while excavating at the necropolis (cemetery) of Saqqara. Read more. |
| Meadows Museum and Prado Bring Spanish Masterpieces to U.S.
Dallas, Texas' Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University and Madrid, Spain's Museo Nacional del Prado announced today the launch of a three-year academic partnership. Read more. |
| Haremhab, The General Who Became King
The ambitious successor of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1323 B.C.) is the subject of Haremhab, The General Who Became King, opening November 10, 2010 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. This landmark exhibition's objects are drawn entirely from the institution's collection of Egyptian art. Read more. |
| Medieval Art Books: Specific Themes
This selective list of books supplements Medieval Art: A General Bibliography. The titles that appear here deal with specific themes related to the art and civilization of the European Middle Ages (excluding England). They are arranged by region. Read more. |
| Medieval Art: A General Bibliography
The art and civilization of the European Middle Ages, from Late Antique and Early Christian times through the end of the Gothic period, continue to inspire the production of scholarly books about the medieval millennium. Many of them are color-illustrated catalogues of special exhibitions. Read more. |