#the met

[fashionsfromhistory]

Ball Gown

Driscoll (United States)

c.1900

Gift of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1976

The MET (Accession Number: 1976.134.14a, b)

[caroldanversenthusiast]

grand high cuntress

[obiwan]

BLAKE LIVELY's dress reveal — MET GALA 2022

[missegyptiana]

blake said in the live stream that her dress has the constellations of grand central station, the colour of the statue of liberty, the reveal of her dress that went from copper to green representing oxidized copper, like liberty, her crown has 7 spikes like the statue of libertys crown, which represents the 7 seas and the 7 continents, and represents freedom and inclusion. i’m in love.

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Charles Ethan Porter (1847-1923) "Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)" (c. 1890) Oil on canvas Located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, United States

Porter was among the first African American artists to exhibit his work nationally and the only one to specialize in still lifes. The painting's subject—originally an African gourd brought to the New World by seventeenth-century Spaniards and cultivated by colonists—is significant. Porter chose to paint a watermelon, an earlier symbol of American abundance—and during the Civil War period one particularly associated with free Blacks—when it was increasingly defined by virulent stereotyping. By reclaiming the subject in artistic terms, Porter challenged a contemporary racist trope.

[goldring]

Marble statue of Dionysos seated on a panther, François Duquesnoy, 1st–3rd century CE

[oncanvas]

Domestic Scene, unknown German artist, circa 1775-80

Oil on canvas 18 x 14 ⅞ in. (45.7 x 37.8 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

[archaeologs]

Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale Romanca. 50–40 BCE. Image by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Learn more / Daha fazlası https://www.archaeologs.com/w/cubiculum/

[fawnvelveteen]

William S. Burroughs at the Met by Allen Ginsberg, c. 1953

[fashionsfromhistory]

Brooch

Marcus & Co. (New York City, New York)

c.1900

This exquisite brooch is one of the few extant examples of plique-à-jour jewelry made by the New York firm of Marcus & Co., whose reputation at its prime rivaled that of Tiffany & Co. Herman Marcus (1828–99), a German–born and Dresden–trained jeweler, arrived in New York in 1850 and worked for a number of prestigious firms before establishing Marcus & Co. in 1892. Following his death, the company continued under the direction of his two sons, George Elder Marcus and William Marcus.

The brooch is a superb example of Marcus & Co.’s work in plique-à-jour enameling, in which the "cells" of color have no backing, allowing light to shine through the transparent enamel, thereby creating the effect of stained glass. One of the only jewelry firms of its day to succeed at this challenging technique, Marcus & Co. followed the lead of such innovative French designers as René Lalique. The sensitive 3-dimensional sculpting of the sweet pea blossoms and leaves, as well as the naturalistic coloring of the enamels, reflects the Art Nouveau aesthetic that prevailed at the turn of the century. Indeed, close parallels can be drawn with the brilliant naturalistic work of Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose oeuvre is so well represented in the Met’s collection.

The MET (Accession Number: Accession Number: 2016.107)

[caroldanversenthusiast]

the people’s princess

[jstor]

When Face ID is acting up and I have to lock in

Umberto Boccioni. Self-Portrait. 1910. Ink, wash and graphite on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[flower-biter]

flowers in art, details xx

[missegyptiana]

just found out that these aren’t from tonight and i’m gonna go cry in a corner brb

[septembergold]

Jewish Wedding Ring. First half 14th century

German