home.social

#metropolitanmuseum — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #metropolitanmuseum, aggregated by home.social.

fetched live
  1. Met Gala 2026: Body as Canvas in "Costume Art" Spectacle

    Met Gala 2026 on May 4th in New York raised $42 million for the Costume Institute. Celebrities wore art-themed outfits.

    #MetGala2026, #CostumeArt, #FashionFundraiser, #NewYorkGala, #MetropolitanMuseum

    newsletter.tf/met-gala-2026-ra

  2. Met Gala 2026 Unfolds: A Spectacle of Bodies, Art, and Celebrity

    Met Gala 2026 saw stars like Beyonce and Nicole Kidman on May 4th. Celebrities interpreted the "dressed body" theme with artful fashion.

    #MetGala2026, #FashionEvent, #CelebrityStyle, #DressedBody, #MetropolitanMuseum

    newsletter.tf/met-gala-2026-dr

  3. “Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions”*…

    … and now, as Kate Mothes reports, we can appreciate that remotely…

    In the age of the internet, we’re fortunate to have virtual access to museum collections around the world, thanks to objects in the public domain and programs like The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative. Through a searchable digital catalogue, visitors to the museum’s website can see hundreds of thousands of objects, many images of which are available for download. And it’s not alone—other institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, The National Gallery of Art, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, among others, make pieces in their collections accessible to all.

    The thing is, digital images don’t always give us the full picture, so to speak. Even two-dimensional paintings and drawings have unique textures, structural details, and materials that we can only really appreciate in person. This won’t ever really change—nothing beats the real thing. But one caveat is that even in person, much of the work remains hidden. We can’t see the backs of oil paintings, for example, and edges are often hidden within frames. Thanks to The Met’s continued emphasis on imaging, we can now experience every detail in three-dimensional renderings of nearly 140 significant objects in its holdings…

    More at: “The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects,” from @thisiscolossal.com.

    See more on the Met’s site.

    Malvina Hoffman

    ###

    As we dig depth, we might send artfully-formed birthday greetings to François Girardon; he was born on this date in 1628. A sculptor of the French Baroque, he best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Several of his busts are in the Met’s collection— and on the list, one may hope, for 3-D rendering.

    Girardon with one of his works, a bust identified as of Proserpina, by Joseph Vivien (source) #3D #art #culture #FrançoisGirardon #history #MetropolitanMuseum #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #sculpture #Technology
  4. “Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions”*…

    … and now, as Kate Mothes reports, we can appreciate that remotely…

    In the age of the internet, we’re fortunate to have virtual access to museum collections around the world, thanks to objects in the public domain and programs like The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative. Through a searchable digital catalogue, visitors to the museum’s website can see hundreds of thousands of objects, many images of which are available for download. And it’s not alone—other institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, The National Gallery of Art, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, among others, make pieces in their collections accessible to all.

    The thing is, digital images don’t always give us the full picture, so to speak. Even two-dimensional paintings and drawings have unique textures, structural details, and materials that we can only really appreciate in person. This won’t ever really change—nothing beats the real thing. But one caveat is that even in person, much of the work remains hidden. We can’t see the backs of oil paintings, for example, and edges are often hidden within frames. Thanks to The Met’s continued emphasis on imaging, we can now experience every detail in three-dimensional renderings of nearly 140 significant objects in its holdings…

    More at: “The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects,” from @thisiscolossal.com.

    See more on the Met’s site.

    Malvina Hoffman

    ###

    As we dig depth, we might send artfully-formed birthday greetings to François Girardon; he was born on this date in 1628. A sculptor of the French Baroque, he best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Several of his busts are in the Met’s collection— and on the list, one may hope, for 3-D rendering.

    Girardon with one of his works, a bust identified as of Proserpina, by Joseph Vivien (source) #3D #art #culture #FrançoisGirardon #history #MetroplitanMuseumOfArt #MetropolitanMuseum #sculpture #Technology
  5. “Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions”*…

    … and now, as Kate Mothes reports, we can appreciate that remotely…

    In the age of the internet, we’re fortunate to have virtual access to museum collections around the world, thanks to objects in the public domain and programs like The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative. Through a searchable digital catalogue, visitors to the museum’s website can see hundreds of thousands of objects, many images of which are available for download. And it’s not alone—other institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, The National Gallery of Art, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, among others, make pieces in their collections accessible to all.

    The thing is, digital images don’t always give us the full picture, so to speak. Even two-dimensional paintings and drawings have unique textures, structural details, and materials that we can only really appreciate in person. This won’t ever really change—nothing beats the real thing. But one caveat is that even in person, much of the work remains hidden. We can’t see the backs of oil paintings, for example, and edges are often hidden within frames. Thanks to The Met’s continued emphasis on imaging, we can now experience every detail in three-dimensional renderings of nearly 140 significant objects in its holdings…

    More at: “The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects,” from @thisiscolossal.com.

    See more on the Met’s site.

    Malvina Hoffman

    ###

    As we dig depth, we might send artfully-formed birthday greetings to François Girardon; he was born on this date in 1628. A sculptor of the French Baroque, he best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Several of his busts are in the Met’s collection— and on the list, one may hope, for 3-D rendering.

    Girardon with one of his works, a bust identified as of Proserpina, by Joseph Vivien (source) #3D #art #culture #FrançoisGirardon #history #MetroplitanMuseumOfArt #MetropolitanMuseum #sculpture #Technology
  6. “Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions”*…

    … and now, as Kate Mothes reports, we can appreciate that remotely…

    In the age of the internet, we’re fortunate to have virtual access to museum collections around the world, thanks to objects in the public domain and programs like The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative. Through a searchable digital catalogue, visitors to the museum’s website can see hundreds of thousands of objects, many images of which are available for download. And it’s not alone—other institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, The National Gallery of Art, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, among others, make pieces in their collections accessible to all.

    The thing is, digital images don’t always give us the full picture, so to speak. Even two-dimensional paintings and drawings have unique textures, structural details, and materials that we can only really appreciate in person. This won’t ever really change—nothing beats the real thing. But one caveat is that even in person, much of the work remains hidden. We can’t see the backs of oil paintings, for example, and edges are often hidden within frames. Thanks to The Met’s continued emphasis on imaging, we can now experience every detail in three-dimensional renderings of nearly 140 significant objects in its holdings…

    More at: “The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects,” from @thisiscolossal.com.

    See more on the Met’s site.

    Malvina Hoffman

    ###

    As we dig depth, we might send artfully-formed birthday greetings to François Girardon; he was born on this date in 1628. A sculptor of the French Baroque, he best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Several of his busts are in the Met’s collection— and on the list, one may hope, for 3-D rendering.

    Girardon with one of his works, a bust identified as of Proserpina, by Joseph Vivien (source) #3D #art #culture #FrançoisGirardon #history #MetroplitanMuseumOfArt #MetropolitanMuseum #sculpture #Technology
  7. “Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions”*…

    … and now, as Kate Mothes reports, we can appreciate that remotely…

    In the age of the internet, we’re fortunate to have virtual access to museum collections around the world, thanks to objects in the public domain and programs like The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative. Through a searchable digital catalogue, visitors to the museum’s website can see hundreds of thousands of objects, many images of which are available for download. And it’s not alone—other institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, The National Gallery of Art, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, among others, make pieces in their collections accessible to all.

    The thing is, digital images don’t always give us the full picture, so to speak. Even two-dimensional paintings and drawings have unique textures, structural details, and materials that we can only really appreciate in person. This won’t ever really change—nothing beats the real thing. But one caveat is that even in person, much of the work remains hidden. We can’t see the backs of oil paintings, for example, and edges are often hidden within frames. Thanks to The Met’s continued emphasis on imaging, we can now experience every detail in three-dimensional renderings of nearly 140 significant objects in its holdings…

    More at: “The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects,” from @thisiscolossal.com.

    See more on the Met’s site.

    Malvina Hoffman

    ###

    As we dig depth, we might send artfully-formed birthday greetings to François Girardon; he was born on this date in 1628. A sculptor of the French Baroque, he best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Several of his busts are in the Met’s collection— and on the list, one may hope, for 3-D rendering.

    Girardon with one of his works, a bust identified as of Proserpina, by Joseph Vivien (source) #3D #art #culture #FrançoisGirardon #history #MetropolitanMuseum #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #sculpture #Technology
  8. #cuadrodeldía Ernesta, 1894 (Niña con niñera) Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) #MetropolitanMuseum N.Y. #art Ernesta Drinker, sobrina de la pintora, coge la mano de su niñera en esta radical composición de pincelada libre donde la mano simboliza protección.El delantal sirve de escala a la niña #FelizMartes

  9. #cuadrodeldía Ernesta, 1894 (Niña con niñera) Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) #MetropolitanMuseum N.Y. #art Ernesta Drinker, sobrina de la pintora, coge la mano de su niñera en esta radical composición de pincelada libre donde la mano simboliza protección.El delantal sirve de escala a la niña #FelizMartes

  10. #cuadrodeldía Ernesta, 1894 (Niña con niñera) Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) #MetropolitanMuseum N.Y. #art Ernesta Drinker, sobrina de la pintora, coge la mano de su niñera en esta radical composición de pincelada libre donde la mano simboliza protección.El delantal sirve de escala a la niña #FelizMartes

  11. #cuadrodeldía Ernesta, 1894 (Niña con niñera) Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) #MetropolitanMuseum N.Y. #art Ernesta Drinker, sobrina de la pintora, coge la mano de su niñera en esta radical composición de pincelada libre donde la mano simboliza protección.El delantal sirve de escala a la niña #FelizMartes

  12. #cuadrodeldía Rosas en jarrón, 1891 (Mary Hiester Reid 1854 1921) #MetropolitanMuseum NY #art Canadiense de origen estadounidense. Instalada en Canadá, en los 80 se convirtió en la gran pintora del país de bodegones florales. Obras de sutiles armonías en tonos y ritmos compositivos #FelizSábado

  13. Een bijl uit Margiana

    Een bijl uit Margiana (Louvre, Parijs)

    In de afdeling Nabije Oosten in het Louvre in Parijs is momenteel een kleine expositie van voorwerpen die normaal gesproken in het Metropolitan Museum in New York zijn. Er zijn duizend redenen om naar het Louvre te gaan, maar deze tentoonstelling behoort er niet toe: het gaat namelijk om zegge en schrijve tien objecten. Die liggen dan naast voorwerpen uit het Louvre die er enigszins op lijken, wat in museale koeterwaals dan heet dat ze een dialoog aangaan.

    Een van de Amerikaanse voorwerpen is bovenstaande bijl. Het voorwerp komt – en eigenlijk klinkt dit verdacht – uit een na de Iraanse Revolutie van 1979 naar de Verenigde Staten overgebrachte collectie van een Iraanse verzamelaar. Ik heb niet kunnen achterhalen waar die verzamelaar de bijl heeft verworven, maar het voorwerpje behoort tot het zogeheten Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC). Dat is een bronstijdcultuur uit het zuiden van Turkmenistan en Oezbekistan en het noorden van Afghanistan, die u moet plaatsen tussen 2200 en 1700 v.Chr. Ze kenmerkt zich door opvallend grote burchten – ik heb Gonur Deppe weleens genoemd – en handelscontacten met India, de (Indo-Europese) Andronovo-cultuur en Mesopotamië.

    De bijl documenteert fenomenaal knap edelsmeedwerk. Wat we zien, is echter lastig te duiden. Middenin staat een gevleugeld wezen met een mensenlichaam en twee roofvogelkoppen. Hij lijkt twee monsterlijke wezens uit elkaar te moeten houden: aan de linkerzijde een enorm groot everzwijn en aan de rechterzijde een gevleugelde leeuw.

    Die tweekoppige demon middenin is – zo lees ik op het bordje met uitleg – in deze regio en tijd ook bekend als de helper van een vruchtbaarheidsgodin. Zijn taken zouden eruit bestaan dat hij een blokkade kan opwerpen tegen duistere krachten, die mensen ervan weerhouden bij het water te komen. Die duistere krachten zouden hier gesymboliseerd zijn door de leeuw en het zwijn.

    Bijlen als deze, zo lees ik verder, worden vooral aangetroffen in de graven van krijgers. Ze zouden in groter Iran – dus zeg maar Iran plus Centraal-Eurazië – gelden als statussymbolen. Deze informatie kan ik niet controleren, maar ik geef het u graag door, want ik vind het een indrukwekkend voorwerp.

    Zoals gezegd: die tien Amerikaanse objecten, ook al zijn ze zo bijzonder als deze bijl, moeten geen reden zijn om naar het Louvre te gaan. Gelukkig zijn er wel duizend andere redenen voor een bezoek aan het beste museum ter wereld.

    [Dit was het 476e voorwerp in mijn reeks museumstukken.]

    Ik organiseer in het voorjaar van 2025 een reis naar de Provence en een reis naar de vernieuwde musea van Beieren. Door mee te gaan helpt u deze blog gratis te houden. Maar u kunt natuurlijk ook een van mijn boeken kopen (en lezen), een cursus doen, of doneren. U kunt de blog ook volgen via het Whatsapp-kanaal.

    Deel dit:

    #Afghanistan #AndronovoCultuur #BactriaMargianaArchaeologicalComplex #Baktrië #bijl #demon #everzwijn #GonurDeppe #IraanseRevolutie #leeuw #Louvre #Margiana #MetropolitanMuseum #Oezbekistan #Turkmenistan

  14. Internally reconfiguring my orientation to the meaning of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What these artifacts mean. What art means. What a museum means. (But hadn't I already? Maybe always.)

    Foreseeing that the Met must, MUST find a way to right these historical wrongs. Right?

    Rethinking my spiritual orientation towards the Met (because I must).

    #metropolitanmuseum #metropolitanmuseumofart #stolenart #stolenantiquities #art

    theguardian.com/culture/2023/m

  15. Internally reconfiguring my orientation to the meaning of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What these artifacts mean. What art means. What a museum means. (But hadn't I already? Maybe always.)

    Foreseeing that the Met must, MUST find a way to right these historical wrongs. Right?

    Rethinking my spiritual orientation towards the Met (because I must).

    #metropolitanmuseum #metropolitanmuseumofart #stolenart #stolenantiquities #art

    theguardian.com/culture/2023/m

  16. Internally reconfiguring my orientation to the meaning of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What these artifacts mean. What art means. What a museum means. (But hadn't I already? Maybe always.)

    Foreseeing that the Met must, MUST find a way to right these historical wrongs. Right?

    Rethinking my spiritual orientation towards the Met (because I must).

    #metropolitanmuseum #metropolitanmuseumofart #stolenart #stolenantiquities #art

    theguardian.com/culture/2023/m

  17. Internally reconfiguring my orientation to the meaning of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What these artifacts mean. What art means. What a museum means. (But hadn't I already? Maybe always.)

    Foreseeing that the Met must, MUST find a way to right these historical wrongs. Right?

    Rethinking my spiritual orientation towards the Met (because I must).

    #metropolitanmuseum #metropolitanmuseumofart #stolenart #stolenantiquities #art

    theguardian.com/culture/2023/m

  18. Internally reconfiguring my orientation to the meaning of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What these artifacts mean. What art means. What a museum means. (But hadn't I already? Maybe always.)

    Foreseeing that the Met must, MUST find a way to right these historical wrongs. Right?

    Rethinking my spiritual orientation towards the Met (because I must).

    #metropolitanmuseum #metropolitanmuseumofart #stolenart #stolenantiquities #art

    theguardian.com/culture/2023/m