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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and
finest art museums. Its collection includes more than two million works in New York.
Recently it released a collection of 400,000 high-resolution images, each of a
unique and beautiful piece. The level of detail on some of these art pieces is just
astounding.
Some Spectacular Pieces At This 'Cultural Mecca'. Enjoy! :)
Grand Pianoforte - 1840, London - United Kingdom
This grand piano is unsurpassed in elegance and iconographic complexity.
The hammers are covered with felt, and the strings of the top twenty-six
notes pass through a perforated brass bar, that secures them against the
hammers' strong blows. Longitudinal steel bars reinforce the open-bottomed
case and all this creates a sound as beautiful as the piano itself.
Celestial globe with clockwork -1579, Austrian, Vienna
This globe was made by Gerhard Emmoser, imperial clockmaker from 1566 until
his death in 1584. The movement, which has been extensively rebuilt, rotated
in the celestial sphere and drove a small image of the sun along its path.
The hour was indicated on a dial mounted at the top of the globe's axis, and
the day of the year appeared on a calendar rotating in the horizontal ring.
The Triumph of Fame - 1502-4, Brussels
One of the finest early Renaissance tapestries known, this piece is
extraordinary for its condition, color, and harmonious composition.
Fame is shown standing and reading at a lectern (ancient reading desk),
surrounded by writers whose works immortalized the deeds of the ancients.
His triumph over death is represented by the three Fates beneath his feet.
The Rocky Mountains by Albert Bierstadt - 1863
This painting is the first major work resulting from Albert Bierstadt's
first trip to the West. In early 1859, he accompanied a government
expedition to Nebraska. By summer, the party had reached the Wind River
Range of the Rocky Mountains, now known as Wyoming. It was completed in
1863, exhibited to great acclaim, and purchased in 1865 for the then-
astounding sum of $25,000. Needless to say. it's worth a lot more today.
Burgonet helmet - 1543, Milam- Italy
This metalwork masterpiece was made by Filippo Negroli, whose embossed armor
was praised by sixteenth-century writers as 'miraculous' and deserving 'immortal
merit.' Formed of one plate of steel yet painted to look bronze, the bowl is
full of motifs inspired by classical art. The main feature of the helmet is a
graceful siren, holding a grimacing head of Medusa by the hair.
Ceramic Horn - late 18th - early 19th century, France
This hunting horn is made of glazed pottery and was intended for decorative
display and not actual use. It bears an unidentified coat of arms so little
else is known about the true origin of this artwork.
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Ceramic Stove -1685, Switzerland
This colorful ceramic stove was made for the paneled room in the Schlossli
(Little Castle), a manor house built in 1682. Stoves were common in alpine
regions, where the bitter cold of winter was unrelieved for months at a time.
They provided continuous heat while the enclosed fire both conserved wood
fuel, and removed the dangers of smoke and sparks made by open fires.
King Sahure and a Nome God - 2458-2446 B.C., Egypt
This is the only preserved three-dimensional representation of Sahure,
the second ruler of the 5th dynasty. The deity is the smaller figure
which offers the king an ankh, a hieroglyph meaning 'life', with his
left hand.
Bracelet with Agathodaimon - 1st century B.C.-A.D. 1st century, Egypt
This golden bracelet features talismans of fertility and good fortune
in the form of two snakes. The snake on the left represents Agathodaimon,
and the cobra on the right Terenouthis, two agrarian/fertility deities
associated with Serapis and Isis, respectively. On the platform between
the snake heads are the two goddesses, Isis-Tyche (or Isis-Fortuna), a
deity closely associated with Alexandria, and the nude Aphrodite, the
Greek goddess of love.
Marble column - 300 B.C., Greece
This column was once over fifty-eight feet (17.6 meters) high in its
original location at the Temple of Artemis. The delicate carving on the
capital are unique among extant capitals from the temple, and the torus
(foliated base), with its vegetal scale-pattern, is also exceptionally
elaborate. The column was probably one of a few column pairs, each with
its own design.
Pair of Flintlock Pistols - 1786, Russia
These pistols were made for Empress Catherine the Great (reigned 1762-96).
They were later given to her favorite, Prince Stanislas August Poniatowski
(1732-1798), whom she backed as king of Poland. Firearms with ivory stocks,
generally out of fashion in Western Europe by the eighteenth century, were
in vogue in the ostentatious Russian court during the last quarter of the
century.
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