the metropolitan museum of art

Edward Moran’s series of paintings illustrates 13 important chapters of the nation’s nautical history.

Intricately painted portraits on lockets, pendants, and jewelry came into vogue during the 19th century, thanks to artist ...

On Christmas-day in seventy-six, Our ragged troops with bayonets fixed, For Trenton marched away. The Delaware see! the ...

NEW YORK CITY—The largest art museum in the United States and the third-most visited museum in the world ...

When you think of the Renaissance, you likely first think of Michelangelo or da Vinci, perhaps the Golden ...

You ask me why I dwell in the emerald mountains. I smile and make no reply, my heart ...

NEW YORK—Michelangelo consigned most of his drawings to the fire. Those were his rough sketches, his fleeting thoughts, ...

NEW YORK—"The beauty of nature takes the leading role," wrote the Norwegian artist Peder Balke (1804–1887) about his ...

NEW YORK—In ancient times, the people of China believed their culture was divinely inspired. The elegant works of ...

It took eight years to bring to fruition the Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style exhibition at ...