Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Metropolitan Museum's Department of Photographs surveys the history of photography from its invention in the 1830s to the present. The collection is largely European and American, with some representation of other parts of the world, particularly Japan. Information page with examples in roughly chronological order.

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Category: Arts > Photography > Reference > Collections

Egyptian Art

An online catalogue of the art collection housed in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Category: Society > History > By Time Period > Ancient > Africa > Egypt

The Art of the Ayyubid Period

An online exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; includes a profile of the dynasty.

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Category: Society > Religion and Spirituality > Islam > History > Dynasties and Empires > Ayyubid

Childe Hassam and Connecticut Impressionism

Overview of three Connecticut museum exhibitions which coincided with the retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the summer of 2004.

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Category: Arts > Art History > Artists > H > Hassam, Childe

The Art of the Umayyad Period (661-750 A.D.)

An online exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, explores the formative contribution of the period to the development of Islamic art.

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Category: Society > Religion and Spirituality > Islam > History > Dynasties and Empires > Ummayad

The Art of the Umayyad Period in Spain (711-1031 A.D.)

An online exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, explores the achievements of this formative period of Hispano-Islamic art and architecture.

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Category: Society > Religion and Spirituality > Islam > History > Dynasties and Empires > Ummayad > Ummayad - Cordoba

The Art of the Mamluk Period (1250-1517 A.D.)

An online exhibition of the art and architecture of the Mamluks; includes a brief account of the period, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Category: Society > Religion and Spirituality > Islam > History > Dynasties and Empires > Mamluk

Master Hand

Detailed site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, containing information on Yoruba art and sculpture. Includes images and videos.

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Category: Society > Ethnicity > African

The Art of the Abbasid Period (750-1258 A.D.)

An online exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) offers a profile of the caliphate, and illustrations of their cultural and artistic achievement.

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Category: Society > Religion and Spirituality > Islam > History > Dynasties and Empires > Abbasid

The Art of the Fatimid Period (969-1171 A.D.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, presents an online exhibition of art and architecture from the Fatimids, whose opulence fuelled a renaissance in Cairo.

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Category: Society > Religion and Spirituality > Islam > History > Dynasties and Empires > Fatimid

Haber's Art Reviews: Paul Signac and Helen Frankenthaler

Review by John Haber of 'Paul Signac: Master Neo-Impressionist' at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and of Helen Frankenthaler's Lighthouse Series

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Category: Arts > Art History > Artists > S > Signac, Paul

The Heqanakht Papyri

Review by Morris Silver of: James P. Allen's "The Heqanakht Papyri, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art" ISBN: 1-58839-070-5. An analysis of Egyptian economics as seen through the lens of this text.

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Category: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Periods and Cultures > Ancient Egypt

The New Jersey Quarter

Depicts General George Washington and members of the Colonial Army crossing the Delaware River en route to very important victories during the Revolutionary War. The design is based on the 1851 painting by Emmanuel Leutze, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," which currently hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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Category: Regional > North America > United States > New Jersey