Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here you can explore some of the most unique and interesting artifacts from China's imperial past. Our collection includes a Round Box with Peony Decor Filled-In Lacquerware, a Cloisonne Box with Lotus Decoration, a Glass Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle with a Traveling Scene and a Pair of "Bovet" Pocket Watches with Pearls and Painted Enamel. These pieces are all incredibly detailed and tell us about the culture and lifestyle of people d

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here, you can explore some of the most unique and interesting artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different curios on display here, including a Brush Holder with Letter-reading Scene, a Silver Raft Cup of "Zhang Qian Riding a Raft" with the mark of Zhu Bishan, Ivory Balls of nested concentric layers with human figures in openwork relief, a Ch'in (Chinese unfretted zither) and a Copper-body Painted Enamel Snuff B

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qing dynasty! This collection features some of the most unique and interesting artifacts from this period, including a Planter with a coral carving of the planetary deity Kuixing, a Gilt flint case with coral-and-turquoise inlay (with carved lacquer box and Qianlong reign mark), a Bamboo Water Container in the Shape of a Lotus Leaf with signature of Zhu Sansong, a Champleve Box with Filigree Work, an Ivory Four-tiered Food-Car

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qianlong reign (1736-1795) of the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite artifacts from this era. We have a variety of different curios on display here, including a Cloisonne and painted enamel butter tea jar, Round Bamboo-Veneered Curio Box with Lotus Blossom Decor (Containing 27 Curios), Inkstones for Imperial Usage, Carved Polychrome Lacquer Box in the Shape of Conjoined Spheres and Square Sandalwood

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other jades! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite pieces of jade from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different jades on display here, including a Jade Gui Tablet, a Jade Flower-holder in the Shape of Fish-Creature, a Jade Divine Beast and a Jade Horn-shaped Cup. These are all beautiful works of art that tell us about the craftsmanship and skill of Chinese artisans during this time period. Come take a look at these inc

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other jades! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and unique jade pieces from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different jades on display here, including a Xi Bodkin with Chi Tiger Pattern, Jade High-stemmed Cup, Jade Staff Finial in the Shape of a Pigeon, Jade Brush Wash in the Shape of Lotus Leaf, and a Jade Pi-Hsieh, an auspicious beast. These are all important pieces in Chinese history that tell us about how people

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other bronze artifacts from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate bronze vessels from this time period. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including a Lei wine vessel with goat-head high reliefs and knob pattern, Ting Vessel with Inscription of the Zhenghe period, Gui food container with square base and phoenix pattern, Zun wine vessel to Yi the grandfather and Square Ding cauldro

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of bronze artifacts from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore a variety of different artifacts, including Hsing Chi Shih Tsun, He wine/water vessel of Bo-ding, Square Zun wine vessel of Ya-chou, Yue battle ax with animal mask pattern and turquoise inlay, Oval Liang Measure by imperial decree of 26th year, Mirror of Shang-fang with TLV pattern and Zun wine vessel in the shape of animal with metal wire and turquoise inlay. These artifacts provi

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Other Bronze from the Song dynasty! Here you will find some of the most exquisite and unique pieces of bronze artwork from this era. You can explore Hu vessels with Hunting Scenes Inlaid in Copper-like Paste, P'an with Coiled K'uei-dragon Pattern, Chime-bell set of Zi-fan, Ting with Coiled Serpent Pattern, Shakyamuni Buddha, Gilt Beast-footed Tsun with Mountain Design, Mirror with Lion and Grapevine Decorations, and Zun wine vessel of Ya-qin

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of bronze artifacts from the Late Western Zhou dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite pieces from this period, including a Hu wine vessel of Song, Mao-kung Ting, Bell of Zong-zhou, Pan water vessel of San and Xu food container of Le Ji-xian. Each of these pieces has an incredible story behind it, from the inscription on the Hu wine vessel that commemorates a ceremony in which the King of Zhou conferred titles of nobility upon

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other ceramics! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate ceramics from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different ceramics on display here, including a Green-ground Floral-shaped Vase with Fish-Dragon Motif, Ruby Red-glazed Vase, Bowl in black glaze with "hare's fur" striations, Celadon water container, Yue ware, Tea Caddy with Gold Tracery Decoration of "Continuous Happiness" Symbols on a Red Ground and Purpl

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Tang and Song dynasties! Here you can explore some of the most intricate and beautiful pieces of pottery ever made. From the Pottery figure of ladies playing polo game in sancai tri-color glaze to the White porcelain vase with loops, Xing ware, there is something for everyone here. We also have Sancai figure of a Lokapala, Guardian King, Pottery figure of a standing lady with painted colors, Teapot with blue landscape in fal

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite and unique pieces of pottery and porcelain from this era. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including a Bright Yellow Cauldron with Animal-Mask Decorations, White Pottery Guei-Pitcher, Hibiscus-Shaped Washer with Bluish-Green Glaze, Kuan ware and a Vase with Phoenix-Shaped Handles in Celadon Glaze, Longquan ware. These pieces are all be

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty! Here you will find some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of Chinese pottery from this period. There is a Revolving Vase with Swimming Fish in Cobalt Blue Glaze, Coupled Vase with Flower-and-Bird Panels in Fencai Rose Enamels, Six Conjoined Vases in Tea Dust Glaze, Bowl with Indian Lotus Design on a Pink Brocade Ground, and Porcelain Vase Decorated in Fencai Enamels against a Yell

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other documents from China's imperial past! Here, you can explore a variety of different documents, including the Gold-leaf Tributary Document from Siam, Diplomatic Credentials Presented by The Great Qing Empire's Overseas Survey Envoy to The Great British Empire and Edicts for the Personal Rule of the T'ung-chih Emperor. These documents provide us with a unique insight into how people interacted with each other during this time period. Come

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of documents from the Qing dynasty! Here you can explore some of the most important documents from this period, including Archives in Old Manchu, Edicts for the Personal Rule of the T'ung-chih Emperor, Archives of the Diary-keeper, Tripitaka in Tibetan and Manchu, Palace Memorials, Manuscripts and Packets from the Historiography Institute, Map of Taiwan and Illustration of Victory: Archives of the Grand Council. These documents provide us with a

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from imperial China! Here, you can explore some of the most incredible documents from this period, including the Vast Documents of the Yung-lo Era, the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, and the Illustrated Tributes to the Imperial Ch'ing. These texts provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this time, and they are all incredibly ornate and detailed. Come take a look at these amazing artifacts today and le

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Yuan dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find Fan Zhongyan's Literary Collection, The Analects, Classified Draft of the Yuan-feng Era, Essentials to the Collected Meaning of The Four Books, Dynastic Regulations for Sagacious Rule of the Great Yuan and Painting Catalogue of the Hsuan-ho Col

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore the Literary Collection of Liu Ping-k'o, which was compiled into 40 chuan (chapters) during the Tang dynasty. You can also find the Literary Collection of Nan-hsuan, which was recorded by Ch'en Chen-sun and Chao Hsi-pien of the Song dynasty. This book is only mentioned once in a collection from the early Qing dynasty, making this copy in the National Palace Museum the only surviving Song

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! These texts are some of the most important works in Chinese culture, written by some of the most influential scholars of their time. You will find commentaries on ancient classics such as The Book of Mencius, memoirs from Zhao Gongwu who fled K'ai-feng when it was invaded in 1126, anthologies of works by Master Zhu Xi and Du Fu’s Poetry with Annotations. There are also commentaries on the Rites of Chou, Princ

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. You will find letter to Abbot Zhongfeng (As If in a Drunken Dream) by Zhao Mengfu, Regulated Verse in Seven Characters by Chang Yu, Poetry on the Baotu Waterfall by Chao Meng-fu, Poetry on the Wan-chieh Hall by Yang Wei-chen and Five-character Couplet in Seal Script by Ch'i Pai-shih. These pieces are all examples of

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including Yuanhuan by Wang Xizhi, Timely Clearing After Snowfall by Wang Hsi-chih, Three Passages: Ping'an, Heru, and Fengju by Wang Xizhi, Essay on Calligraphy by Sun Kuo-t'ing, Draft of a Requiem to My Nephew by Yen Chen-ch'ing, Autobiography by Huai-su, Copy

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Song dynasty calligraphy! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of calligraphy from this period. You will find works such as Commentary on the Book of Changes, Letter to Prefect Yuanbo (In a Pure Autumn), Letter to the Commandery Administrator Huizhi (In the Depths of Autumn), Calligraphy of the Four Song Masters, The Cold Food Observance, Poem in Seven-character Verse, Poem, On Szechwan Silk and Letter to Offi

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including The Red Cliff, Pasturing Horses, A Palace Concert, Herd of Deer in an Autumnal Grove, Early Snow on the River and Storied Mountains and Dense Forests. These paintings were created by some of the most influential artists of their time, and they provide

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! These works of art were created by some of China's most talented painters, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find works such as Dwelling in the Fu-ch'un Mountains (Wu-yung Version), Twin Pines, Forest Chamber Grotto at Chu-ch'u, The Jung-hsi Studio, Fishermen Returning on a Frosty Bank, and Kublai Khan Hunting. All of these pieces are incredibly detaile

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! Here you can explore some of the most incredible works of art from this period, including Manual of Ink Bamboo by Wu Zhen, Meeting Friends in a Pavilion among Pines by Wang Yuan, Cloud-girdled Peaks by Gao Kegong, Pair of Lohan Paintings, Riverside Pavilion and Mountain Hues by Ni Zan, Inscribing a Portrait of Ni Zan, Wild Duck by a River by Chen Lin, Nymph of the Luo River by Wei Jiuding, Five Horses by Zhao

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Ming dynasty paintings! Here you can explore some of the most beautiful and unique works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display, including T'ao Ku Presenting a Lyric to Ch'in Jo-lan, Spring Dawn in the Han Palace, Flowers and Bamboo, Shady Trees in a Summer Landscape, Ducks Sleeping on a Lotus Bank, After the Line "Idly Watching Children Catch Willow Flowers", Returning Late from a Spring Outing, Plum Blo

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Ming dynasty! These works were created by some of China's most talented painters, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese art during this period. You will find masterpieces such as Tang Yin's Picking Lotuses, Qiu Ying's Waiting for the Ferry on an Autumn River, Shang Xi's Four Immortals Paying Homage to Longevity, Dai Jin's Crossing a Bridge over a Stream, Bian Wenjin's The Three Friends and a Hundred Birds,

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. You will find Remote View of Streams and Hills by Hsia Kuei, Paised Egrets on a Snowy Bank by Ma Yuan, Evening Outing by Torchlight by Ma Lin, a Scholar painting by an unknown artist, Immortal in Splashed Ink by Liang K'ai, Kuan-yin of a Thousand Arms and Eyes by an unknown artist and Ancient Temple Concealed in Seclu

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including Autumn Colors among Streams and Mountains, Pair of Wild Geese on an Autumn Islet, Bamboo in Monochrome Ink, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, Early Spring, Blue Magpie and Thorny Shrubs, Magpies and Hare, Wind in Pines Among a Myriad Valleys, Chi

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. You will find a variety of different pieces, such as Strange Peaks and Myriad Trees, River Boats and Mountain Town, The Buddha Preaching the Law, Preparing Clothes, The Ladies' Book of Filial Piety (Scroll 1), Literary Gathering, Scroll of Buddhist Images, Plants and Insects in Autumn, Reading in an Open Hall, and Str

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Qing dynasty! This collection features works from some of the most renowned painters of the time, including Giuseppe Castiglione. His painting 'One Hundred Horses' is a stunning example of his work and is sure to captivate viewers of all ages. Other works in this collection include landscapes, portraits, and historical scenes that provide us with a glimpse into the lives of people during this period. We hope you enjoy explo

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including Cats and Butterflies of Longevity by Shen Zhenlin, Activities of the Twelve Lunar Months: The Twelfth Month, The Five Purities by Yun Shouping, Summer Mountains and Misty Rain by Wang Hui, After Wang Wei's "Snow Over Rivers and Mountains" by Wang Shih

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here you can find a variety of artifacts from China's imperial past, such as a Painted Enamel Vase with Dragons and Peony Decoration, a Cloisonne Box with Lotus Decoration, a Pair of "Bovet" Pocket Watches with Pearls and Painted Enamel, and a Glass Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle with a Traveling Scene. These items are all unique pieces that tell us about the culture and lifestyle of people during this time period. Come take a look at th

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here, you can explore some of the most unique and interesting artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different items on display here, including a Brush Holder with Letter-reading Scene, Ch'in (Chinese unfretted zither), Cloisonne censer in the form of a wild duck, Tuan Inkstone with Cloud-and-Dragon Decor and 99 Columns, Round Box with Peony Decor Filled-In Lacquerware, Carved bamboo root carving of a well-wishing

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qing dynasty! These items are some of the most unique artifacts from this period, and they provide us with a glimpse into the culture and lifestyle of the time. You will find a Planter with a coral carving of the planetary deity Kuixing, a Gilt flint case with coral-and-turquoise inlay, a Bamboo Water Container in the Shape of a Lotus Leaf, a Champleve Box with Filigree Work, an Ivory Four-tiered Food-Carrying Case in Openwork

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty! These pieces are a testament to the skill and craftsmanship of Chinese artisans during this period. Here, you will find cloisonne and painted enamel butter tea jars, round bamboo-veneered curio boxes with lotus blossom decor, inkstones for imperial usage, carved polychrome lacquer boxes in the shape of conjoined spheres and square sandalwood curio cases. All of these pieces are unique and be

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of jades from the Song dynasty! Here you will find a variety of different jades, including the Jade Hooked Cloud-shaped Pei Ornament, Jade Pig-dragon, Jade Staff Finial in the Shape of a Pigeon, Jade Cong Tube, Jade flower-holder in the Shape of Fish-Creature, Jade Ornament in the Shape of Phoenix Crowned with Dragon, Jade High-stemmed Cup, Jadeite Cabbage in a cloisonne flowerpot and Jasper Plate with Gold Tracery. These pieces are all unique w

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of jades! Here you can explore some of the most amazing pieces from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different jades on display here, including a Jade Duck, Jade Cong Tube, Jade Brush Wash in the Shape of Lotus Leaf, Jade Divine Beast, Jade Horn-shaped Cup, Jade Gui Tablet, Xi Bodkin with Chi Tiger Pattern and Jade Pi-Hsieh, auspicious beast. These are all important pieces in Chinese history that tell us about how people interacted wi

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of bronze artifacts from the Song dynasty! This collection includes a variety of different objects, such as a Square gui food container with Ya Chou emblem, a P'eng-tsu-ting Ting, a Zun wine vessel of Ya-qin to Yi the father, a Ting Vessel with Inscription of the Zhenghe period, and an Oval Liang Measure by imperial decree of 26th year. These artifacts are all incredibly unique and provide us with a glimpse into the culture and history of this t

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Other Bronze from the Song dynasty! These artifacts are some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces from this period, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this time. You will find battle axes, food containers, wine vessels, water vessels, measures, and more. These artifacts feature intricate patterns such as animal masks, phoenixes, dragons, and more. We hope you enjoy exploring these incredible artifacts!

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other bronze artifacts! Here, you can explore a variety of different bronze pieces from China's past. We have a P'an with Coiled K'uei-dragon Pattern, Chime-bell set of Zi-fan, Ting with Coiled Serpent Pattern, Mirror of Shang-fang with TLV pattern, Gilt Beast-footed Tsun with Mountain Design, Hu vessel with Hunting Scenes Inlaid in Copper-like Paste, Shakyamuni Buddha, Zun wine vessel in the shape of animal with metal wire and turquoise inla

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of bronze artifacts from the Late Western Zhou dynasty! These pieces were crafted by some of the most talented artisans of their time and provide us with a unique insight into the culture and customs of this period. You will find Hu wine vessels of Song, Mao-kung Tings, Bells of Zong-zhou, Pan water vessels of San and Xu food containers of Le Ji-xian. Each of these pieces is intricately decorated and has its own unique story to tell. Come explor

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of pottery from this period. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including a Sancai figure of a Lokapala, Guardian King, a Pottery figure of a standing lady with painted colors, a Monk's cap ewer with ruby red glaze, a Purple-ground Box with Bird-and-Flower Motif in Fencai Enamels, a Bright Yellow Cauldron with Animal-Mask

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here you can explore some of the most beautiful and unique pieces from this era. Our collection includes a Bowl with Blue Landscape in Falangcai Painted Enamels, Tea Caddy with Gold Tracery Decoration of "Continuous Happiness" Symbols on a Red Ground, Black Pottery Stemcup, White Pottery Guei-pitcher, Flask with Ruyi Handles and Figures Decoration in Underglaze Blue, Bowl with Sky-blue Glaze and Purple Splashes

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite pieces from this period. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including a Vase with "Hundred Deer" motif in wucai enamel, Bowl in black glaze with "hare's fur" striations, Celadon water container, Yue ware, Hibiscus-shaped Washer with Bluish-green Glaze, Kuan ware, Vase with phoenix-shaped handles in celadon glaze, Longquan ware, Porcelain chick

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of pottery from this era. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including a Revolving Vase with Swimming Fish in Cobalt Blue Glaze, Coupled Vase with Flower-and-Bird Panels in Fencai Rose Enamels, Six Conjoined Vases in Tea Dust Glaze, Bowl with Indian Lotus Design on a Pink Brocade Ground and Porcelain

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other documents from the Qing dynasty! Here, you will find a variety of documents that tell us about how people interacted with each other during this time period. We have Edicts for the Personal Rule of the T'ung-chih Emperor, Diplomatic Credentials Presented by The Great Qing Empire's Overseas Survey Envoy to The Great British Empire and the Gold-leaf Tributary Document from Siam. These documents are a great way to learn more about Chinese

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of documents from the Qing dynasty! This collection includes a variety of different documents, from Archives in Old Manchu to Tripitaka in Tibetan and Manchu, Palace Memorials, Manuscripts and Packets from the Historiography Institute, Map of Taiwan and Illustration of Victory: Archives of the Grand Council. These documents provide us with an insight into the culture and history of the Qing dynasty, and are an important part of Chinese heritage.

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from different dynasties! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find the Vast Documents of the Yung-lo Era, a Ming dynasty encyclopedia of 8,000 books and documents, the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, a collection of major literary works produced in China over successive dynasties, and Illustrated T

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! Here you will find a selection of texts written by some of China's most influential scholars. We have Literary Collection of Liu Ping-k'o, which was rediscovered in the early Southern Song period, and Literary Collection of Nan-hsüan, written by the famous Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi. These texts provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period, and we hope you enjoy exploring these incred

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars and provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find commentaries on ancient classics such as The Book of Mencius, memoirs from Zhao Gongwu who fled K'ai-feng when it was invaded in 1126, anthologies of works by Master Zhu Xi and Du Fu’s Poetry with Annotations. There are also commentaries on the Rites

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Yuan dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find the Literary Collection of Fan Zhongyan, The Analects, Classified Draft of the Yuan-feng Era, Essentials to the Collected Meaning of The Four Books, Dynastic Regulations for Sagacious Rule of the Great Yuan and Painting Catalogue of the Hsuan-h

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of calligraphy from this period. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including Calligraphing Poetry by Wang To, Letter to Abbot Zhongfeng (As If in a Drunken Dream) by Zhao Mengfu, Regulated Verse in Seven Characters by Chang Yu, Poetry on the Baotu Waterfall by Chao Meng-fu and Poetry on the Wan-chieh Hall by Yang Wei-c

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of Chinese calligraphy. We have a variety of different documents on display here, including an Essay on Calligraphy by Sun Kuo-t'ing, a Draft of a Requiem to My Nephew by Yen Chen-ch'ing, an Autobiography by Huai-su, The Homecoming Ode by Shen Du, "Wu-i ko" Poems by Wang Ch'ung, Yuanhuan by Wang Xizhi, Timely Clearing After Snowfall by Wan

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here you will find works by some of the most influential calligraphers in Chinese history, including Zhu Xi, Lu You, Su Shih, Huang T'ing-chien, Mi Fu, and Ts'ai Hsiang. These works range from commentaries on the Book of Changes to letters to Prefect Yuanbo and Officer-Gentleman Tu, as well as poems and calligraphy of the Four Song Masters. Come explore these amazing artifacts and appreciate the beauty of Ch

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here you will find a wide range of works by some of China's most talented artists, including Pasturing Horses, A Palace Concert, Herd of Deer in an Autumnal Grove, Early Snow on the River, Storied Mountains and Dense Forests and The Red Cliff. These pieces provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period, and are sure to captivate younger grade-schoolers. Come take a look at these incre

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! These works of art were created by some of the most influential painters in Chinese history, and they offer us a unique insight into the culture of this period. You will find works such as Dwelling in the Fu-ch'un Mountains (Wu-yung Version), Twin Pines, Forest Chamber Grotto at Chu-ch'u, The Jung-hsi Studio, Fishermen Returning on a Frosty Bank and Kublai Khan Hunting. These masterpieces are sure to captivate

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! These works of art are some of the most important pieces in Chinese history, and they tell us a lot about the culture and people of this period. You will find Manual of Ink Bamboo by Wu Zhen, Meeting Friends in a Pavilion among Pines by Wang Yuan, Cloud-girdled Peaks by Gao Kegong, Pair of Lohan Paintings, Riverside Pavilion and Mountain Hues by Ni Zan, Inscribing a Portrait of Ni Zan, Wild Duck by a River by

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Qing dynasty paintings! This collection features some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. Here you will find One Hundred Horses by Giuseppe Castiglione, a painting that showcases his skill in capturing movement and detail. You will also find other works from this era, such as landscapes, portraits, and more. Come explore these amazing pieces of Chinese history today! 1. One Hundred Horses Giuseppe Castiglione

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Qing dynasty! This period saw a flourishing of Chinese art, and these works showcase the range of styles and techniques used by some of the most renowned painters of the time. You can explore works such as Cats and Butterflies of Longevity, Activities of the Twelve Lunar Months: The Twelfth Month, The Five Purities, Summer Mountains and Misty Rain, After Wang Wei's "Snow Over Rivers and Mountains", The Peach Blossom Fishing

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Ming dynasty! Here, you can explore works by some of China's most renowned painters, including T'ao Ku Presenting a Lyric to Ch'in Jo-lan, Spring Dawn in the Han Palace, Flowers and Bamboo, Shady Trees in a Summer Landscape, Ducks Sleeping on a Lotus Bank, After the Line "Idly Watching Children Catch Willow Flowers", Returning Late from a Spring Outing, Plum Blossoms and Wild Bird and Enjoying Antiquities. These works are a

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Ming dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. You will find paintings such as Picking Lotuses by Tang Yin, Waiting for the Ferry on an Autumn River by Qiu Ying, Four Immortals Paying Homage to Longevity by Shang Xi, Crossing a Bridge over a Stream by Dai Jin, The Three Friends and a Hundred Birds by Bian Wenjin, Fishing in Reclusion Among Mountains and Streams by

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! These works of art were created by some of the most influential painters in Chinese history, and they offer us a unique glimpse into the culture of the time. You will find masterpieces such as Remote View of Streams and Hills by Hsia Kuei, Paised Egrets on a Snowy Bank by Ma Yuan, Evening Outing by Torchlight by Ma Lin, Scholar by an unknown artist, Immortal in Splashed Ink by Liang K'ai, Kuan-yin of a Thousan

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful artwork from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including Autumn Colors among Streams and Mountains, Pair of Wild Geese on an Autumn Islet, Bamboo in Monochrome Ink, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, Early Spring, Blue Magpie and Thorny Shrubs, Magpies and Hare, Wind in Pines Among a Myriad Valleys, Children at Play in an

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most amazing works of art from this period in Chinese history. You will find works such as Strange Peaks and Myriad Trees, River Boats and Mountain Town, The Buddha Preaching the Law, Preparing Clothes, The Ladies' Book of Filial Piety (Scroll 1), Literary Gathering, Scroll of Buddhist Images, Plants and Insects in Autumn and Reading in an Open Hall. These incredible works of

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here, you can explore some of the most unique artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different curios on display here, including a Pair of "Bovet" pocket watches with pearls and painted enamel, a Glass Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle with a Traveling Scene, a Brush Holder with Letter-reading Scene and Ivory balls of nested concentric layers with human figures in openwork relief. These are all amazing pieces that tell u

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here, you can explore some of the most amazing artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different items on display here, including a Cloisonne Box with Lotus Decoration, Carved Bamboo Root Carving of a Well-Wishing Horse and Monkey, Cloisonne Censer in the Form of a Wild Duck, Tuan Inkstone with Cloud-and-Dragon Decor and 99 Columns, Round Box with Peony Decor Filled-In Lacquerware, Copper-body Painted Enamel Snuff B

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qing dynasty! Here you will find a variety of fascinating artifacts, such as a Planter with a coral carving of the planetary deity Kuixing, a Gilt Flint Case with Coral-and-Turquoise Inlay, a Bamboo Water Container in the Shape of a Lotus Leaf, a Champleve Box with Filigree Work, an Ivory Four-tiered Food-Carrying Case in Openwork Relief, a Meat-shaped Stone, a Set of Square Maki-e Lacquer Boxes decorated with Cherry Blossom D

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore a wide variety of amazing artifacts, such as Cloisonne and painted enamel butter tea jars, Round Bamboo-Veneered Curio Boxes with Lotus Blossom Decor, Inkstones for Imperial Usage, Carved Polychrome Lacquer Boxes in the Shape of Conjoined Spheres and Square Sandalwood Curio Cases. These curios are all unique pieces that give us a glimpse into the culture of this time pe

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of jades from the Song dynasty! These pieces are some of the most exquisite and unique artifacts from this period in Chinese history. You will find a variety of different jades on display here, including a Jade Tablet, Jade Pi-Hsieh, auspicious beast, Jade Gui Tablet, Xi Bodkin with Chi Tiger Pattern, Jade Duck, Jade Hooked Cloud-shaped Pei Ornament, Jade Pig-dragon and Jade High-stemmed Cup. Each of these pieces is a work of art, crafted with s

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of jades from the past! Here you will find a variety of beautiful and unique pieces, from a Jade Ornament in the Shape of Phoenix Crowned with Dragon to a Jade Brush Wash in the Shape of Lotus Leaf. You can also explore a Jade Cong Tube from the Liangzhu Culture, a Jade Staff Finial in the Shape of a Pigeon, a Jade Flower-holder in the Shape of Fish-Creature, a Jadeite Cabbage in a Cloisonne Flowerpot, a Jasper Plate with Gold Tracery, a Jade Di

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other bronze artifacts from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most impressive and unique bronze pieces from this period. We have a variety of different items on display here, including the P'eng-tsu-ting Ting, a Gui food container with square base and phoenix pattern, a Zun wine vessel to Yi the grandfather, a Square Ding cauldron of Marquis of Kang and a Zun wine vessel of Ya-qin to Yi the father. These are all important pi

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other bronze artifacts from the past! This collection features some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of art from China's imperial era. You will find mirrors with geometric patterns, protrusions, the Four Spirits, and immortal figures, mirrors with lion and grapevine decorations, a Gui food container of Lady Xian Ji, a Hsing Chi Shih Tsun, a He wine/water vessel of Bo-ding, a Gilt Beast-footed Tsun with Mountain Design, a Hu vessel w

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Other Bronzes from China's imperial past! Here, you can explore a variety of artifacts, including P'an with Coiled K'uei-dragon Pattern, Chime-bell Set of Zi-fan, Ting with Coiled Serpent Pattern, Chia Measure, Pan Water Vessel with Coiling Dragon Pattern, Lei Wine Vessel with Goat-head High Reliefs and Knob Pattern, Oval Liang Measure by Imperial Decree of 26th Year, Shakyamuni Buddha, Square Zun Wine Vessel of Ya-chou and Yue Battle Ax with

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of bronze artifacts from the Late Western Zhou dynasty! These pieces are some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period, and they provide us with a unique insight into the culture and customs of this time. You will find vessels such as the Hu wine vessel of Song, Mao-kung Ting, Bell of Zong-zhou, Pan water vessel of San and Xu food container of Le Ji-xian. Each of these pieces has its own unique story to tell, and we hope

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here you can find a wide variety of ceramic artifacts, from Pillow in the shape of a recumbent child with white glaze, Ding ware to Tea Caddy with Gold Tracery Decoration of "Continuous Happiness" Symbols on a Red Ground. We also have Black pottery stemcup, Cocoon-shaped Hu, Bowl with sky-blue glaze and purple splashes, Jun ware, Ju-i Pillow with Azure Glaze and Purple Splashes, Jun ware, Celadon Stembowls, Ko

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here you will find a variety of different pieces, from purple-ground boxes with bird-and-flower motifs in fencai enamels to ruby red-glazed vases and green-ground floral-shaped vases with fish-dragon motifs. We also have a Zun in the form of an elephant of peace, porcelain chicken cups in doucai painted enamels, flasks with ruyi handles and figures decoration in underglaze blue, bright yellow cauldrons with ani

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here you can explore some of the most beautiful and unique pieces from this period. We have a variety of different ceramics on display here, including a Monk's cap ewer with ruby red glaze, Hibiscus-shaped Washer with Bluish-green Glaze, Kuan ware, Vase with phoenix-shaped handles in celadon glaze, Longquan ware, Vase with "Hundred Deer" motif in wucai enamel, White porcelain vase with loops, Xing ware, Sancai

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty! These pieces are truly unique and showcase the amazing craftsmanship of this period. On display here, you will find a Revolving Vase with Swimming Fish in Cobalt Blue Glaze, a Coupled Vase with Flower-and-Bird Panels in Fencai Rose Enamels, a Six Conjoined Vases in Tea Dust Glaze, a Bowl with Indian Lotus Design on a Pink Brocade Ground and a Porcelain Vase Decorated in Fencai Enamels agai

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other documents from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore a range of fascinating artifacts from this period, including the Gold-leaf Tributary Document from Siam, Diplomatic Credential Presented by the Great Qing Empire's Overseas Survey Envoy to the Great British Empire and Edicts for the Personal Rule of the T'ung-chih Emperor. These documents provide us with a unique insight into the diplomatic relations between China and other countrie

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of documents from the Qing dynasty! Here you can explore a variety of documents from this period, including Archives in Old Manchu, Archives of the Diary-keeper, Tripitaka in Tibetan and Manchu, Palace Memorials, Manuscripts and Packets from the Historiography Institute, Map of Taiwan and Illustration of Victory: Archives of the Grand Council. These documents provide us with an invaluable insight into Chinese culture during the Qing dynasty, and

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from various dynasties! Here you will find some of the most important texts in Chinese history, such as the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, Illustrated Tributes to the Imperial Ch'ing and Vast Documents of the Yung-lo Era. These texts provide us with an invaluable insight into Chinese culture and history during these periods. We hope you enjoy exploring these incredible artifacts! 1. Complete Library of the Four Treasuri

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find the Literary Collection of Liu Ping-k'o, which was compiled into 40 chapters in "Hsin T'ang shu i-wen chih" (New Arts Section of the Tang History), as well as the Literary Collection of Nan-hsüan, which was praised by Zhu Xi for its character a

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find commentaries on ancient classics such as The Book of Mencius, memoirs from Zhao Gongwu who fled K'ai-feng when it was invaded in 1126, anthologies of works by Master Zhu Xi and Du Fu’s Poetry with Annotations. There are also commentaries on the

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Yuan dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find literary collections from Fan Zhongyan, exegeses on the Analects, Classified Drafts of the Yuan-feng Era, Essentials to the Collected Meaning of The Four Books, Dynastic Regulations for Sagacious Rule of the Great Yuan and Painting Catalogues o

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including Calligraphing Poetry by Wang To, Five-character Couplet in Seal Script by Ch'i Pai-shih, Essay on Calligraphy by Sun Kuo-t'ing, Draft of a Requiem to My Nephew by Yen Chen-ch'ing and Autobiography by Huai-su. These are all incredible works of art that

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art created by some of China's most influential calligraphers. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including Yuanhuan by Wang Xizhi, Timely Clearing After Snowfall by Wang Hsi-chih, Three Passages: Ping'an, Heru, and Fengju by Wang Xizhi, Letter to Abbot Zhongfeng (As If in a Drunken Dream) by Zhao Mengfu, Regulated Ve

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here you can find some of the most impressive pieces of calligraphy ever written, including Commentary on the Book of Changes by Zhu Xi, Letter to Prefect Yuanbo (In a Pure Autumn) by Lu You, Letter to the Commandery Administrator Huizhi (In the Depths of Autumn) by Zhu Xi, Calligraphy of the Four Song Masters, The Cold Food Observance by Su Shih, Poem in Seven-character Verse by Huang T'ing-chien, Poem by E

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including The Red Cliff, Pasturing Horses, A Palace Concert, Herd of Deer in an Autumnal Grove, Early Snow on the River and Storied Mountains and Dense Forests. These works of art provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period, and are

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including Remote View of Streams and Hills by Hsia Kuei, Paised Egrets on a Snowy Bank by Ma Yuan, Evening Outing by Torchlight by Ma Lin, Scholar by an unknown artist, Immortal in Splashed Ink by Liang K'ai, Kuan-yin of a Thousand Arms and Eyes by an unknown a

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here you can explore a variety of works by some of China's most influential painters. You will find works such as Autumn Colors Among Streams and Mountains, Pair of Wild Geese on an Autumn Islet, Bamboo in Monochrome Ink, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, Early Spring, Blue Magpie and Thorny Shrubs, Magpies and Hare, Wind in Pines Among a Myriad Valleys, Children at Play in an Autumnal Garden and Lohan. E

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. Our collection includes Strange Peaks and Myriad Trees, River Boats and Mountain Town, The Buddha Preaching the Law, Preparing Clothes, The Ladies' Book of Filial Piety (Scroll 1), Literary Gathering, Scroll of Buddhist Images, Plants and Insects in Autumn, Reading in an Open Hall and Strange Peaks and Myriad Trees. T

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Qing dynasty! This collection features some of the most beautiful and unique works of art from this period, including Giuseppe Castiglione's One Hundred Horses. Castiglione was born in Milan, Italy and learned to paint from Carlo Cornara at the studio of the renowned Botteghe degli Stampatori. His work is a testament to the influence of Chinese culture on European art during this time. Come explore these incredible pieces t

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore works by some of China's most famous painters, such as Shen Zhenlin, Yun Shouping, Wang Hui, Wang Shih-min, Wang Yuan-ch'i and Wu Li. These pieces range from depictions of the Twelve Lunar Months and Cats and Butterflies of Longevity to After Wang Wei's "Snow Over Rivers and Mountains" and Along the River During the Ch'ing-ming Festival. Come take a look at these incredible works of art t

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Ming dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most incredible artwork from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including T'ao Ku Presenting a Lyric to Ch'in Jo-lan, Spring Dawn in the Han Palace, Flowers and Bamboo, Shady Trees in a Summer Landscape, Ducks Sleeping on a Lotus Bank, After the Line "Idly Watching Children Catch Willow Flowers", Returning Late from a Spring Outing, Plum Blo

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Ming dynasty paintings! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including Picking Lotuses by Tang Yin, Waiting for the Ferry on an Autumn River by Qiu Ying, Four Immortals Paying Homage to Longevity by Shang Xi, Crossing a Bridge over a Stream by Dai Jin, The Three Friends and a Hundred Birds by Bian Wenjin, Fishing in Reclusion Amo

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! These paintings were created by some of the most talented artists of their time, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find works such as Dwelling in the Fu-ch'un Mountains (Wu-yung Version), Twin Pines, Forest Chamber Grotto at Chu-ch'u, The Jung-hsi Studio, Fishermen Returning on a Frosty Bank and Kublai Khan Hunting. All of these paintings are incredible

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! This collection features some of the most iconic works from this period, such as Manual of Ink Bamboo by Wu Zhen, Meeting Friends in a Pavilion among Pines by Wang Yuan, Cloud-girdled Peaks by Gao Kegong, Pair of Lohan Paintings, Riverside Pavilion and Mountain Hues by Ni Zan, Inscribing a Portrait of Ni Zan, Wild Duck by a River by Chen Lin, Nymph of the Luo River, Five Horses by Zhao Yong, and Autumn Colors

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here, you can explore some of the most interesting artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different items on display here, including a Carved Bamboo Root Carving of a Well-Wishing Horse and Monkey, a Cloisonne Censer in the Form of a Wild Duck, a Tuan Inkstone with Cloud-and-Dragon Decor and 99 Columns and a Round Box with Peony Decor Filled-In Lacquerware. These are all unique pieces that tell us about how people

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here you can explore a variety of unique and interesting artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a range of different objects on display, including a Silver Raft Cup of "Zhang Qian Riding a Raft" with the mark of Zhu Bishan, a Glass-body Painted Enamel Snuff Bottle in the Shape of a Bamboo Section, a Painted Enamel Vase with Dragons and Peony Decoration, a Cloisonne Box with Lotus Decoration, a Copper-body Painted Enamel Snuff B

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qianlong reign in the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate artifacts from this period. Our collection includes a Cloisonne and painted enamel butter tea jar, a Round Bamboo-Veneered Curio Box with Lotus Blossom Decor, Inkstones for Imperial Usage, Carved Polychrome Lacquer Box in the Shape of Conjoined Spheres, and a Square Sandalwood Curio Case. All of these items are unique pieces of C

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most interesting and unique artifacts from this period. We have a variety of different items on display here, including a Planter with a coral carving of the planetary deity Kuixing, a Gilt Flint Case with Coral-and-Turquoise Inlay, a Bamboo Water Container in the Shape of a Lotus Leaf, a Champleve Box with Filigree Work, an Ivory Four-tiered Food-Carrying Case in Openwork Relief

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of jades from the Song dynasty! These artifacts are some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of Chinese art and culture. You will find a variety of different objects on display here, including a Jade Hooked Cloud-shaped Pei Ornament, a Jade Pig-dragon, a Jade Staff Finial in the Shape of a Pigeon, a Jade Tablet, a Jade Gui Tablet, a Jade Ornament in the Shape of Phoenix Crowned with Dragon, a Jade Cong Tube, and a Jade Brush Wash in the S

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other jades! Here you can explore some of the most exquisite pieces of jade from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including a Jadeite Cabbage in a cloisonne flowerpot, Jasper Plate with Gold Tracery, Xi Bodkin with Chi Tiger Pattern, Jade Divine Beast, Jade Horn-shaped Cup, Jade Cong Tube, Jade High-stemmed Cup, Jade Pi-Hsieh Auspicious Beast, Jade Duck and Jade Flower-holder in the Shape of Fish-C

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other bronze artifacts from the Song dynasty! This collection includes a variety of fascinating pieces, such as a Shakyamuni Buddha statue, a Ting Vessel with Inscription of the Zhenghe period, a P'an with Coiled K'uei-dragon Pattern, a Chime-bell set of Zi-fan and a Ting with Coiled Serpent Pattern. Each of these pieces is an important part of Chinese history and provides us with a unique insight into the culture of the time. Come explore th

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Other Bronzes from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most amazing artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different bronze pieces on display here, including a Gui food container of Lady Xian Ji, Hsing Chi Shih Tsun, He wine/water vessel of Bo-ding, Gui food container with square base and phoenix pattern, Zun wine vessel to Yi the grandfather, Square Ding cauldron of Marquis of Kang, Zun wine vessel in the

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other bronze artifacts from ancient China! Here, you can explore some of the most incredible pieces of history. We have a variety of different items on display here, including a Square Zun wine vessel of Ya-chou, Yue battle ax with animal mask pattern and turquoise inlay, Zun wine vessel of Ya-qin to Yi the father, Hu vessel with Hunting Scenes Inlaid in Copper-like Paste, Square gui food container with Ya Chou emblem, P'eng-tsu-ting Ting, Mi

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of bronze artifacts from the Late Western Zhou dynasty! These artifacts are incredibly important in terms of understanding Chinese culture and history during this period. On display here, you will find the Hu wine vessel of Song, Mao-kung Ting, Bell of Zong-zhou, Pan water vessel of San and Xu food container of Le Ji-xian. Each of these artifacts is unique and tells a different story about life during this time. Come take a look at these incredi

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and unique pieces from this era. Our collection includes a Bowl with sky-blue glaze and purple splashes, Ju-i Pillow with Azure Glaze and Purple Splashes, Celadon Stembowls, Warming bowl with celadon glaze, Narcissus basin in bluish-green glaze, Pillow in the shape of a recumbent child with white glaze, Ruby Red-glazed Vase, Celadon water container and Monk's cap

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Song dynasty! This collection includes a variety of different pieces, from teapots with blue landscapes in falangcai polychrome enamels to bowls with blue landscapes in falangcai painted enamels. There are also green-ground floral-shaped vases with fish-dragon motifs, cocoon-shaped hu vessels, hibiscus-shaped washers with bluish-green glazes, vases with phoenix-shaped handles in celadon glaze, purple-ground boxes with bird-a

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other ceramics! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite ceramic artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including White pottery guei-pitcher, Flask with ruyi handles and figures decoration in underglaze blue, Bowl in black glaze with "hare's fur" striations, Bright Yellow Cauldron with Animal-Mask Decorations, Pottery figure of ladies playing polo game in sancai tri-color glaze, Wh

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite pieces of art from this period. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including a Revolving Vase with Swimming Fish in Cobalt Blue Glaze, Coupled Vase with Flower-and-Bird Panels in Fencai Rose Enamels, Six Conjoined Vases in Tea Dust Glaze, Bowl with Indian Lotus Design on a Pink Brocade Ground and Porcelain Vase Decorated

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of documents from the Qing dynasty! Here you will find a variety of different documents that tell us about the history of China during this period. We have Edicts for the Personal Rule of the T'ung-chih Emperor, Gold-leaf Tributary Document from Siam and Diplomatic Credentials Presented by The Great Qing Empire's Overseas Survey Envoy to The Great British Empire. These documents provide us with an insight into how people interacted with each oth

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of documents from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore a variety of different documents from this period, including Archives in Old Manchu, Archives of the Diary-keeper, Tripitaka in Tibetan and Manchu, Palace Memorials, Manuscripts and Packets from the Historiography Institute, Map of Taiwan and Illustration of Victory: Archives of the Grand Council. These documents are all important pieces of Chinese history that tell us about how people in

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from various dynasties! Here, you can explore some of the most important texts in Chinese history. We have a variety of different documents on display here, including the Vast Documents of the Yung-lo Era, the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries and the Illustrated Tributes to the Imperial Ch'ing. These are all fascinating artifacts that tell us about how people interacted with each other during these times. Come take a look at

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Yuan dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find literary collections from Fan Zhongyan, annotated editions of The Analects, classified drafts of the Yuan-feng Era, essentials to the collected meaning of The Four Books, dynastic regulations for sagacious rule of the Great Yuan, and painting c

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find the Literary Collection of Liu Ping-k'o, which was compiled into 40 chapters in the "Hsin T'ang shu i-wen chih" (New Arts Section of the Tang History), as well as the Literary Collection of Nan-hsüan, written by the famous Neo-Confucianist Zhu

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! This amazing collection includes texts written by some of the most influential scholars in Chinese history. Here, you can find commentaries on ancient classics such as The Book of Mencius, memoirs from Zhao Gongwu who fled K'ai-feng when it was invaded in 1126, anthologies of works by Master Zhu Xi and Du Fu’s Poetry with Annotations. There are also commentaries on the Rites of Chou, Principal Meaning to The

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here you can explore a variety of different styles of calligraphy, from Chang Yu's Regulated Verse in Seven Characters to Yang Wei-chen's Poetry on the Wan-chieh Hall. You will also find Shen Du's The Homecoming Ode and Wang Ch'ung's "Wu-i ko" Poems, which are both examples of semi-cursive calligraphy. These pieces are all important works of art that show us how Chinese calligraphy has evolved over time. Com

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate pieces of calligraphy from this era. We have a variety of different pieces on display, including Copy from the Ch'un-hua Modelbooks, Calligraphing Poetry, Five-character Couplet in Seal Script, Essay on Calligraphy, Draft of a Requiem to My Nephew, Autobiography, Yuanhuan, Timely Clearing After Snowfall, Three Passages: Ping'an, Heru, and Fengju a

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. You will find commentaries on the Book of Changes, letters to prefects and administrators, calligraphy of the four Song masters, the Cold Food Observance, poems in seven-character verse, poems by Emperor Hui-tsung, On Szechwan Silk and a letter to Officer-Gentleman Tu. These pieces are all unique and provide us with

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including Herd of Deer in an Autumnal Grove, Early Snow on the River, Storied Mountains and Dense Forests, Pasturing Horses and A Palace Concert. These are all masterpieces that capture the beauty of nature and the sophistication of Chinese culture during this time period. C

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Ming dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including T'ao Ku Presenting a Lyric to Ch'in Jo-lan, Spring Dawn in the Han Palace, Flowers and Bamboo, Shady Trees in a Summer Landscape, Ducks Sleeping on a Lotus Bank, After the Line "Idly Watching Children Catch Willow Flowers", Returning Late from a Sprin

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Ming dynasty! Here, you can explore the works of some of China's most influential painters, including Tang Yin, Qiu Ying, Bian Wenjin, Dai Jin, and Wen Cheng-ming. You will find a variety of different styles, from landscapes to bird-and-flower paintings to imperial processions. These paintings provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. Come take a look at these incredible artifacts today! 1.

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here you will find some of the most beautiful and unique works of art from this time period. We have Remote View of Streams and Hills by Hsia Kuei, Paised Egrets on a Snowy Bank by Ma Yuan, Evening Outing by Torchlight by Ma Lin, Scholar by an unknown artist, Immortal in Splashed Ink by Liang K'ai, Kuan-yin of a Thousand Arms and Eyes by an unknown artist, and Ancient Temple Concealed in Seclusion by Chia Shih

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! These works of art were created by some of China's most talented painters, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find landscapes such as Autumn Colors among Streams and Mountains, Pair of Wild Geese on an Autumn Islet and Wind in Pines Among a Myriad Valleys. There are also bird-and-flower paintings like Blue Magpie and Thorny Shrubs and Magpies and Hare. O

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! These works of art were created by some of the most talented artists in Chinese history, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find landscapes such as Strange Peaks and Myriad Trees, River Boats and Mountain Town, and Reading in an Open Hall. There are also religious works such as The Buddha Preaching the Law and Scroll of Buddhist Images. Other pieces incl

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! These incredible works of art are a testament to the skill and creativity of Chinese artists during this period. Here you will find works such as Dwelling in the Fu-ch'un Mountains (Wu-yung Version), Twin Pines, Forest Chamber Grotto at Chu-ch'u, The Jung-hsi Studio, Fishermen Returning on a Frosty Bank and Kublai Khan Hunting. Each painting is unique and tells us something about the culture and society of the

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! This collection features some of the most renowned Chinese painters from this period, such as Wu Zhen, Wang Yuan, Gao Kegong, Chen Lin, Zhao Yong and Zhao Mengfu. You will find a variety of different styles of painting here, including Manual of Ink Bamboo, Meeting Friends in a Pavilion among Pines, Cloud-girdled Peaks, Pair of Lohan Paintings, Riverside Pavilion and Mountain Hues, Inscribing a Portrait of Ni Z

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including One Hundred Horses by Giuseppe Castiglione. This painting is a classic example of the Italian Baroque style, and is sure to captivate viewers with its vibrant colors and dynamic composition. Come take a look at these amazing works of art today! 1. O

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Qing dynasty paintings! These works were created by some of the most influential painters in Chinese history, including Shen Zhenlin, Yun Shouping, Wang Hui, Wang Shih-min, Wu Li and Wang Yuan-ch'i. The collection includes Cats and Butterflies of Longevity, Activities of the Twelve Lunar Months: The Twelfth Month, The Five Purities, Summer Mountains and Misty Rain, After Wang Wei's "Snow Over Rivers and Mountains", The Peach Blossom Fishing B

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Other Curios! Here you can explore some of the most interesting artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different items on display here, including a pair of Bovet pocket watches with pearls and painted enamel, ivory balls of nested concentric layers with human figures in openwork relief, a silver raft cup of Zhang Qian Riding a Raft with the mark of Zhu Bishan and a cloisonne box with lotus decoration. These pieces are all

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios! Here, you can explore some of the most unique and interesting artifacts from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including a Carved Bamboo Root Carving of a Well-Wishing Horse and Monkey, Glass Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle with a Traveling Scene, Copper-Body Painted Enamel Snuff Bottle with a Maki-e Floral Lacquer Inlay, Brush Holder with Letter-Reading Scene, Cloisonne Censer in the Form of a

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty! Here you can find a variety of unique and interesting artifacts, such as Cloisonne and painted enamel butter tea jars, Round Bamboo-Veneered Curio Boxes with Lotus Blossom Decor, Inkstones for Imperial Usage, Carved Polychrome Lacquer Boxes in the Shape of Conjoined Spheres and Square Sandalwood Curio Cases. These items are all incredibly intricate and beautiful, and they provide us with a g

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of curios from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite artifacts from this period, such as a Planter with a coral carving of the planetary deity Kuixing, a Gilt Flint Case with Coral-and-Turquoise Inlay, and an Ivory Four-tiered Food-Carrying Case in Openwork Relief. You can also find a Meat-shaped Stone, a Set of Square Maki-e Lacquer Boxes decorated with Cherry Blossom Designs, a Ganlan Olive Stone Miniature Boat wit

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Other Jades! Here you can explore some of the most exquisite pieces of jade from China's imperial past. We have a variety of different jades on display here, including a Jade Divine Beast, Jade Horn-shaped Cup, Jade Duck, Jade Flower-holder in the Shape of Fish-Creature, Jade Pi-Hsieh, Auspicious Beast, Jade Brush Wash in the Shape of Lotus Leaf, Jadeite Cabbage in a Cloisonne Flowerpot, Jasper Plate with Gold Tracery and Jade Staff Finial in

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Other Jades! Here you will find a variety of jade artifacts from different periods in Chinese history. You can explore the Jade Hooked Cloud-shaped Pei Ornament from the Liao River region, the Jade Pig-dragon from the Hongshan Culture, and the Jade Cong Tube from the Qing court. We also have Jade Gui Tablets from the Longshan culture, Jade Tablet from the Qianlong reign, and a Jade Ornament in the Shape of Phoenix Crowned with Dragon. Additio

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of Other Bronze artifacts from China's imperial past! Here, you can explore some of the most interesting and unique bronze artifacts from this period. We have a variety of different pieces on display here, including an Oval Liang Measure by imperial decree of 26th year, a Chia Measure, a Square Zun wine vessel of Ya-chou, a Yue battle ax with animal mask pattern and turquoise inlay, and a Mirror with Lion and Grapevine Decorations. These are all

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other bronze artifacts from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore a variety of different bronze vessels and objects, including Gui food containers with square bases and phoenix patterns, Zun wine vessels dedicated to Yi the grandfather, Square Ding cauldrons of Marquis of Kang, Mirrors of Shang-fang with TLV patterns, Square gui food containers with Ya Chou emblems, P'eng-tsu-ting Tings, Gilt Beast-footed Tsuns with Mountain Designs, Gui fo

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other bronze artifacts from China's imperial past! Here, you can explore a variety of different pieces, including a P'an with Coiled K'uei-dragon Pattern, Chime-bell Set of Zi-fan, Ting with Coiled Serpent Pattern, Zun Wine Vessel of Ya-qin to Yi the Father, Pan Water Vessel with Coiling Dragon Pattern, Lei Wine Vessel with Goat-head High Reliefs and Knob Pattern, Hu Vessel with Hunting Scenes Inlaid in Copper-like Paste, Zun Wine Vessel in t

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of bronze artifacts from the Late Western Zhou dynasty! Here you will find a variety of pieces, including the Hu wine vessel of Song, Mao-kung Ting, Bell of Zong-zhou, Pan water vessel of San and Xu food container of Le Ji-xian. These pieces are all incredibly detailed and intricate, and they tell us a lot about the culture and customs of this period in Chinese history. Come explore these amazing artifacts today and learn more about the Late Wes

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from various dynasties! Here you will find a wide variety of pieces, from pottery figures in sancai tri-color glaze to white porcelain vases with loops and Xing ware. You can also explore sancai figures of Lokapala, Guardian Kings, pottery figures of standing ladies with painted colors, teapots with blue landscapes in falangcai polychrome enamels, bowls with blue landscapes in falangcai painted enamels, porcelain chicken cups in douc

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of other ceramics from the Song dynasty! Here you will find some of the most beautiful and unique pieces of pottery from this period. From the Ju-i Pillow with Azure Glaze and Purple Splashes, Jun ware to the Green-ground Floral-shaped Vase with Fish-Dragon Motif, there is something for everyone. You can also explore the Monk's Cap Ewer with Ruby Red Glaze, the Cocoon-shaped Hu, the Bright Yellow Cauldron with Animal-Mask Decorations, the Black

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from various dynasties! Here you can explore some of the most beautiful and unique pieces of ceramic art ever created. We have a wide range of different pieces, including a White pottery guei-pitcher, Tea Caddy with Gold Tracery Decoration of "Continuous Happiness" Symbols on a Red Ground, Vase with "Hundred Deer" motif in wucai enamel, Ruby Red-glazed Vase, Warming bowl with celadon glaze, Ru ware, Narcissus basin in bluish-green gl

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of ceramics from the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty! These pieces are truly unique and showcase the skill and craftsmanship of Chinese artisans during this period. You will find a variety of different styles and designs, from the Revolving Vase with Swimming Fish in Cobalt Blue Glaze to the Coupled Vase with Flower-and-Bird Panels in Fencai Rose Enamels and Six Conjoined Vases in Tea Dust Glaze. There is also a Bowl with Indian Lotus Design

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of documents from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most important documents from this era. We have a variety of different documents on display here, including a Gold-leaf Tributary Document from Siam, Edicts for the Personal Rule of the T'ung-chih Emperor and Diplomatic Credentials Presented by The Great Qing Empire's Overseas Survey Envoy to The Great British Empire. These documents provide us with an insight into the diploma

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of documents from the Qing dynasty! This collection includes a variety of documents from this period, such as Archives in Old Manchu, Archives of the Diary-keeper, Tripitaka in Tibetan and Manchu, Palace Memorials, Manuscripts and Packets from the Historiography Institute, Map of Taiwan and Illustration of Victory: Archives of the Grand Council. These documents provide us with an insight into the history and culture of the Qing dynasty, and are

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Ming and Qing dynasties! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find the Vast Documents of the Yung-lo Era, the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries and the Illustrated Tributes to the Imperial Ch'ing. These documents offer a glimpse into the lives of people during these dynasties, and are an inval

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Yuan dynasty! This collection includes some of the most important works from this period, such as the Literary Collection of Fan Zhongyan, The Analects and its Collected Exegeses, Classified Draft of the Yuan-feng Era, Essentials to the Collected Meaning of The Four Books, Dynastic Regulations for Sagacious Rule of the Great Yuan, and Painting Catalogue of the Hsuan-ho Collection. These documents provide us with a unique i

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find Literary Collection of Liu Ping-k'o, which was compiled into 40 chuan (chapters) in "Hsin T'ang shu i-wen chih" (New Arts Section of the Tang History). You will also find Literary Collection of Nan-hsüan, written by the famous Neo-Confucianist

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of rare books from the Song dynasty! These texts were written by some of China's most influential scholars, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find commentaries on ancient classics such as The Book of Mencius, memoirs from Zhao Gongwu who fled K'ai-feng when it was invaded in 1126, anthologies of works by Master Zhu Xi and Du Fu’s Poetry with Annotations. There are also commentaries on the

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! This collection includes works from some of the most renowned calligraphers of the time, such as Chang Yu, Chao Meng-fu, Yang Wei-chen, Liu Yung and Wang To. Here you will find Regulated Verse in Seven Characters, Poetry on the Baotu Waterfall, Poetry on the Wan-chieh Hall, Copy from the Ch'un-hua Modelbooks and Calligraphing Poetry. These masterpieces are sure to captivate and inspire you with their beauty

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! These pieces of calligraphy were created by some of the most influential Chinese calligraphers, including Wang Xizhi, Wang Hsi-chih, Shen Du, Wang Ch'ung, Sun Kuo-t'ing, Yen Chen-ch'ing, Huai-su, Ch'i Pai-shih and Zhao Mengfu. You will find a variety of different styles, from Yuanhuan to Timely Clearing After Snowfall, Three Passages: Ping'an, Heru, and Fengju, The Homecoming Ode, "Wu-i ko" Poems, Essay on C

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of calligraphy from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most exquisite and beautiful pieces of Chinese calligraphy from this period. You will find works by some of the most influential calligraphers of the time, such as Zhu Xi, Lu You, Cai Xiang, Su Shih, Huang T'ing-chien, Mi Fu and Ts'ai Hsiang. These works range from commentaries on the Book of Changes to Letters to Prefect Yuanbo (In a Pure Autumn) and Poems in Seven-characte

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including The Red Cliff, Pasturing Horses, A Palace Concert, Herd of Deer in an Autumnal Grove, Early Snow on the River and Storied Mountains and Dense Forests. These are all masterpieces that show us how people interacted with nature during this time period. Co

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Qing dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most amazing artwork from this period in Chinese history. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including One Hundred Horses by Giuseppe Castiglione and many more. These are all important pieces in Chinese history that tell us about how people interacted with each other during this time period. Come take a look at these fascinating artifacts today! 1. One

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Qing dynasty! This collection features works from some of China's most renowned painters, including Shen Zhenlin, Yun Shouping, Wang Hui, Wang Shih-min, Wang Yuan-chi, Wu Li and Chang Tse-tuan. You will find a variety of different styles, from Cats and Butterflies of Longevity to Activities of the Twelve Lunar Months: The Twelfth Month to After Wang Wei's "Snow Over Rivers and Mountains". There are also landscapes such as S

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! Here, you can explore works by some of the most renowned Chinese painters of the time. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including Dwelling in the Fu-ch'un Mountains (Wu-yung Version), Twin Pines, Forest Chamber Grotto at Chu-ch'u, The Jung-hsi Studio, Fishermen Returning on a Frosty Bank and Kublai Khan Hunting. These are all important pieces in Chinese art history that tell us about t

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Yuan dynasty! These works of art were created by some of China's most talented painters, and they provide us with a unique insight into Chinese culture during this period. You will find Manual of Ink Bamboo by Wu Zhen, Meeting Friends in a Pavilion among Pines by Wang Yuan, Cloud-girdled Peaks by Gao Kegong, Pair of Lohan Paintings, Riverside Pavilion and Mountain Hues by Ni Zan, Inscribing a Portrait of Ni Zan, Wild Duck b

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! This collection includes works by some of China's most influential painters, such as Hsia Kuei, Ma Yuan, Ma Lin, Liang K'ai, and Chia Shih-ku. You will find a variety of different styles and subjects, from Remote View of Streams and Hills to Paised Egrets on a Snowy Bank, Evening Outing by Torchlight, Scholar, Immortal in Splashed Ink, Kuan-yin of a Thousand Arms and Eyes, and Ancient Temple Concealed in Seclu

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! This collection features some of the most iconic and influential works of art from this period. Here you can find paintings such as Autumn Colors among Streams and Mountains, Pair of Wild Geese on an Autumn Islet, Bamboo in Monochrome Ink, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, Early Spring, Blue Magpie and Thorny Shrubs, Magpies and Hare, Wind in Pines Among a Myriad Valleys, Children at Play in an Autumnal G

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Song dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most beautiful and intricate works of art from this period. From the Strange Peaks and Myriad Trees painting that depicts mountains in the background with clouds and mist in the foreground, to the River Boats and Mountain Town painting that shows a town with a mountainside temple and countryside shops, these pieces are sure to amaze you. You will also find The Buddha Preaching

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Ming dynasty! Here, you can explore some of the most amazing works of art from this period. We have a variety of different paintings on display here, including T'ao Ku Presenting a Lyric to Ch'in Jo-lan, Spring Dawn in the Han Palace, Flowers and Bamboo, Shady Trees in a Summer Landscape, Ducks Sleeping on a Lotus Bank, After the Line "Idly Watching Children Catch Willow Flowers", Returning Late from a Spring Outing, Plum B

Welcome to the National Palace Museum's collection of paintings from the Ming dynasty! Here you can explore some of the most beautiful and iconic works of art from this period. We have Picking Lotuses by Tang Yin, Waiting for the Ferry on an Autumn River by Qiu Ying, Four Immortals Paying Homage to Longevity, Crossing a Bridge over a Stream by Dai Jin, The Three Friends and a Hundred Birds by Bian Wenjin, Fishing in Reclusion Among Mountains and Streams, Departure Herald, Return Clearing, Lofty

During the 14th and 15th centuries, artists in Europe began to break away from the traditional Gothic style. They began to experiment with new techniques and styles, resulting in a period of great creativity and innovation in the arts. Some of the most famous artworks from this period include the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and the sculptures of Donatello. Box with Romance Scenes     This coffret illustrated with scenes from Arthurian and other courtly literature of the M

The 19th century was a time of great change in the world of art. Artists began to experiment with new styles and media, and the art world was forever changed as a result. Some of the most famous artists of the time include Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Pablo Picasso. The Falls of Niagara     The painting is of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.     The painting is based on a vignette of the falls from a map of North America published by Henry S. Tanner in 1822. Heroic Landscape w

The 18th century was a time of great change in the world of art. New styles and genres emerged, and artists began to experiment with new techniques and materials. The art of the 18th century reflected the changing times, and the growing interest in the natural world and the human form. Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby     The Irish actress Elizabeth Farren made her London debut in 1777 and soon became one of the most popular comic performers of the day.  

In the 19th century, art history became a field of study in its own right for the first time. Art historians began to look at the history of art as a reflection of the history of society, and to study the relationship between art and politics, religion, and other aspects of culture. The Dance Class     This work and its variant in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, represent the most ambitious paintings Degas devoted to the theme of the dance.     Some twenty-four women, ballerinas and their mothers,

The art history from 14th century BC to 10th century BC is a fascinating period that saw the development of various art forms. This was a time when artists began to experiment with different materials and techniques, resulting in a wide variety of artworks. From statues and paintings to pottery and jewelry, there is a wealth of art from this period that is worth exploring. Shabti of Paser, the Vizier of Seti I and Ramesses II     This is a shabti of Paser, who is shown in a mummiform and carr

The art history of the 19th century is marked by a number of important trends, including the rise of Romanticism, the development of Realism, and the growth of the avant-garde. This period saw a number of important artists, including Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, Gustave Courbet, and Édouard Manet. Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775)     This painting is a portrait of Corsican by birth, Moltedo, who was an enterprising businessman and inventor, agent to the French clergy at the Vatican, and

In the 19th century, art history underwent a dramatic transformation. The field had formerly been dominated by the study of artworks from a strictly chronological perspective, but in the 19th century, art historians began to focus on stylistic and formal analysis. This shift resulted in a more nuanced understanding of art history and the development of new methodologies for studying art. Vase     This vase is among the most ambitious ceramics made in this nation's early republic era.     Refe

The 17th century was a tumultuous time for Europe, with religious wars and political upheavals aplenty. But it was also a time of great artistic achievement, with artists working in a wide variety of styles and media. From the grandiose paintings of the Italian Baroque to the delicate porcelain of the Chinese Qing dynasty, there was something for everyone in the art of the 17th century. Samson Captured by the Philistines     According to the Bible, Samson, whose strength came from his hair, w

The 18th century was a time of great change in the world of art. New styles and movements emerged, and artists began to experiment with new techniques and materials. This century saw the rise of the Rococo style, as well as the emergence of Neoclassicism. Artists such as Francois Boucher and Jean-Honore Fragonard were among the most famous of the Rococo painters, while Jacques-Louis David was one of the most notable Neoclassical artists. Sir James Dashwood (1715–1779)     Sir James Dashwood,

The 16th and 17th centuries were a time of great change in the world of art. The Renaissance, which began in the 15th century, continued throughout the 16th century, and its influence can be seen in the art of the 17th century. The 17th century was also a time of great religious and political upheaval, which is reflected in the art of the time. Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609)     This intense portrait depicts Fernando Nino de Guevara (1541 - 1609), who in 1596 was named cardinal

The art history of the 19th century was marked by a number of important changes and developments. First and foremost, the rise of Romanticism in the early part of the century led to a dramatic increase in the importance placed on emotion and feeling in art. This was in contrast to the more formal, rational approach that had dominated the 18th century. In addition, the growth of the middle class and the rise of nationalism also played a role in shaping the art of the 19th century. Finally, the in

The art history from 19th century to 20th century is marked by a number of important changes and developments. In the 19th century, artists began to move away from traditional forms and subjects, instead experimenting with new styles and techniques. This trend continued into the 20th century, as artists increasingly sought to push the boundaries of what was possible in art. As a result, the art of this period is characterized by a great deal of diversity, with no one style or approach dominating

The 17th century was a period of great change in the world of art. Artists began to experiment with new styles and techniques, and the art world was forever changed as a result. Some of the most famous artists of all time emerged during this period, and their work continues to influence artists today. If you're interested in learning more about the art history of the 17th century, there are plenty of resources available to help you get started. Self-Portrait     Rembrandt was a dedicated self

The 19th century was a period of great change in the world of art. The traditional hierarchy of the art world was challenged, and new styles and movements emerged. The Industrial Revolution led to new technologies and materials that artists could use, and the rise of the middle class created a new market for art. Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation.     This tabernacle house altar contains reverse-painted glass panels dep

The art history from the 6th century to the 12th century was marked by great advances in the field of art. During this time period, many new art forms were developed, and the skills of artists were greatly improved. This period saw the rise of the great Gothic style of art, as well as the development of Romanesque art. These two styles would go on to dominate the art world for centuries to come. Panel from a Rectangular Box     This panel, carved from a single piece of ivory in a twice-repeat

The art history from 19th century BC to 14th century BC covers a wide range of different art styles and periods. Some of the most famous artworks from this time period include the paintings of ancient Egyptian tombs, the sculptures of the ancient Greek temples, and the mosaics of the Roman villas. This time period was also marked by the development of new art styles, such as the Romanesque and Gothic art styles. Model Dish from a Foundation Depsoit     This model dish is from one of the found

The 18th century was a time of great change in the art world. New styles and movements emerged, and artists began to experiment with new techniques and materials. This period saw the rise of Neoclassicism and Rococo, as well as the emergence of new genres such as landscape painting and still life. Artists in the 18th century were also influenced by the Enlightenment, which emphasized reason and individual rights. This period was a time of great creativity and innovation in the art world, and man

From the 2nd century BC to the 6th century, art history saw a shift from naturalism to idealism. This was a period in which artists began to depict subjects more realistically, but also began to idealize them, making them more perfect than they actually were. This shift can be seen in the art of the time, which often showed people and objects in an idealized way. Bronze statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand     This is a copy of a Greek statue of the 3rd century B. C.     The copy is a r

In the 19th century, art history became increasingly formalized, with artists and historians alike searching for ways to define and categorize artworks and styles. This period saw the rise of art movements such as Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism, which would change the course of art history forever. By the Seashore     Renoir likely painted this work in his studio, posing his model in a wicker chair and relying on studies he had made on the Normandy coast to furnish the beach sc

The 19th century was a time of great change in the world of art. With the Industrial Revolution came new technologies and new ways of seeing the world. Artists began to experiment with new styles and new subjects, and the art of the 19th century reflects the tumultuous changes of the time. Whalers     Turner was seventy years old when Whalers debuted to mixed reviews at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1845.     The painting's subject proved elusive, as the English novelist William Thackeray o

The art of the 19th century was marked by a number of important changes. The Romantic Movement led to a new emphasis on emotion and the imagination, while the rise of the middle class led to a new interest in realism and the everyday. The development of photography also had a major impact on the art of the time, as artists began to experiment with new ways of using this new technology. A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)     The juxtaposition of the prominent bouq

The 16th century was a time of great change in the world of art. Artists began to explore new techniques and styles, and the traditional rules of art were challenged. This period saw the rise of some of the most famous artists in history, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. It was also a time of great religious and political upheaval, which had a profound impact on the art of the time. Saber     This saber is fitted with one of the finest and best-preserved Islamic blades of

The 15th and 16th centuries were a time of great change in the world of art. Artists began to experiment with new techniques and subjects, and a new era of art began. The Renaissance, as it is known, was a time of great creativity, and the art that was produced during this time is some of the most iconic and influential in history. If you're interested in learning more about this period in art history, there are plenty of resources available to help you get started. Madonna and Child Enthroned

In the 16th century, art history saw a number of important changes. One of the most significant changes was the move from the medieval period to the Renaissance. This period saw a renewed interest in the classical world, and a new focus on realism and perspective in art. Other important developments during this time included the emergence of the Northern Renaissance and the rise of Mannerism. Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription     This jug is covered with intricate silver and gold inlay, inc

The 18th century was a time of great change in the world of art. Artists began to explore new styles and subjects, and the boundaries of what was considered art began to expand. This century saw the rise of some of the most famous and influential artists in history, such as Rembrandt, Gainsborough, and David. Our Lady of Valvanera     This painting depicts the miraculous discovery of the image of Our Lady of Valvanera by the repentant thief-turned-hermit Nuño Oñez, who kneels beside it in ado

The 18th century was a time of great change in the world of art. New styles and movements emerged, and artists began to experiment with new techniques and materials. This period saw the rise of some of the most famous names in art history, such as Rembrandt, Rubens, and Velazquez. It was also a time of great political and social upheaval, and many of the artworks of the period reflect the changing world around them. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming     The painting

The 17th and 18th centuries were a time of great change in the art world. Artists began to experiment with new techniques and styles, and the art world began to change as a result. This period saw the rise of the Rococo style, as well as the emergence of new genres such as landscape painting and still life. These changes ushered in a new era of art history, and the art of this period is some of the most varied and interesting in all of history. Wheat Fields     Twenty-seven views of fields by

The 17th century was a time of great change in the world of art. Artists began to experiment with new styles and techniques, and the art world was forever changed. Some of the most famous artists of the time include Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Caravaggio. If you're interested in learning more about the art of this period, there are plenty of resources available. The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet     Claude Lorrain's luminous skies and atmospheric effects are milestones in European pain

The 13th and 14th centuries were a time of great transition in the world of art. Gothic art gave way to Renaissance art, and artists began to experiment with new techniques and materials. This period saw the rise of great masters like Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo, who would go on to change the course of art history. Madonna and Child     This lyrical work inaugurates the grand tradition in Italian art of envisioning the sacred figures of the Madonna and Child in terms appropria

The 15th century was a time of great change in the world of art. Gothic art gave way to the Renaissance, and artists began to explore new ways of representing the world around them. Innovations in technique and subject matter opened up new possibilities for artists, and the development of new artistic movements like humanism and naturalism began to reshape the way we think about art. The Annunciation     This painting is one of the largest surviving depictions of the Annunciation.     The pai

Jeffrey Lynn Koons Jeff Koons is one of America’s most popular contemporary artists. His Neo-Pop aesthetics and wry appropriations of consumer objects, express a reverence for popular culture. “I try to create work that doesn't make viewers feel they're being spoken down to, so they feel open participation,” the artist has explained. He is perhaps best known for his oversized sculptures of kitschy souvenirs, toys, and ornaments that are bright and shiny, as seen in his Celebration (1994–2011) s

Constructivism Constructivism is conducive to the practice of art as a social purpose. Constructivism had a great influence on modern art movements in the 20th century, such as the Bauhaus\DeStyle movement. The emphasis is on movement in space, rather than the sense of volume that traditional sculptures emphasize. Also known as Structuralism, Suprematism represented by Malevich and Mondrian's New Mannerism, active from 1911 to 1933. Constructivism was a reform movement in sculpture, influence

American realism American literature between 1865 and 1918 is known in American literary history as the period of realism. American literature of this period was the expression of American spirit, especially American novels. Realism is a reaction to Romanticism. Face the reality, not fantasy. Realist literature paved the way for modernist literature. Christina’s World The high level of detail Wyeth gave to every object in his paintings encourages intense inspection, but his titles reveal the

The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of sculptures on display, from large-scale works in stone and metal to smaller carvings in wood and other materials. These sculptures represent a range of subjects, from representational figures to abstract forms. Many of the Museum's sculptures were created by renowned artists, and provide a glimpse into the different styles and techniques that have been used throughout history. The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen     The yo

The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of bed-related artworks, ranging from ancient to modern times. These artworks provide insight into how different cultures have used beds, both for practical and ceremonial purposes. Some of the bed-related artworks in The Metropolitan Museum date back thousands of years, while others were created more recently. No matter their age, these artworks offer a fascinating glimpse into how beds have been used throughout history. The Annunciation     This pa

The Metropolitan Museum contains a wide variety of artworks related to buildings and other structures. These artworks include both freestanding buildings and smaller structures such as signal towers and fountains. Some of the buildings represented in the Museum date back to the medieval period, providing insight into how different cultures have designed and constructed buildings over time. In addition to artworks depicting buildings, the Museum also contains artworks related to the structural co

Hills are a common feature of the landscape, and have been represented in art since ancient times. The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks depicting hills, from various cultures and periods. These artworks provide a glimpse into how different cultures have viewed and represented hills over time. Mountainous Landscape at Tivoli     This sketch may depict the hills to the north of the road into Tivoli from Vicovaro.     The sketch is likely related to the view Denis painted of the latt

Christ is a central figure in Christianity, and is also revered in other faiths such as Islam. Christ is often depicted in artworks as a teacher or prophet, and is often shown surrounded by other important figures from the Bible. The artworks in The Metropolitan Museum that depict Christ provide a glimpse into how different cultures and religions have represented this important figure over time. Christ Carrying the Cross, called "The Lord of the Fall"     This work belongs to the genre of "st

Trees are a ubiquitous feature of the natural world, and have been the subject of art and myth since time immemorial. In The Metropolitan Museum, there are many artworks that depict trees, some of which date back thousands of years. These artworks provide a window into how different cultures have viewed and interacted with trees over time. The Falls of Niagara     The painting is of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.     The painting is based on a vignette of the falls from a map of North

The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of artworks that depict human figures. These artworks come from all over the world and span many different cultures and periods of history. The human figure has been a popular subject for artists throughout the ages, and the artworks in The Metropolitan Museum provide a glimpse into how different cultures have represented the human form. Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress     The ornamented headdress, arms, and rich vestments of this figure sug

Crucifixion was an ancient mode of capital punishment that was used by various cultures and religions across the world. In The Metropolitan Museum, there are a number of artworks depicting crucifixion, many of which date back to the medieval period. These artworks provide insight into how different cultures and religions have represented crucifixion over time. Processional cross     This object is a repository for a relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross.     It is thought to have

The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks that depict villages from different parts of the world. These artworks provide a glimpse into the different ways that villages have been designed and laid out over time. They also offer a look at how people have lived in villages throughout history, and how village life has changed over time. A Village Street: Dardagny     Corot was a tireless traveler, and the extension of the network of French railroads in the 1850s widened the range of his s

The Metropolitan Museum contains a wide variety of artworks depicting heads. These artworks come from all over the world and span many different cultures and time periods. They offer a glimpse into how different cultures have represented the human head, and how our understanding of the head has changed over time. Many of these artworks are highly realistic, while others are more stylized or abstract. Head of a Central Asian Figure in a Pointed Cap     The head is most likely from a complete p

There are a wide variety of artworks in The Metropolitan Museum that depict women of all ages. These artworks provide a glimpse into the lives of women throughout history, and how they have been represented in art. From paintings and sculptures to photographs and prints, the artworks in the Museum offer a rich and diverse portrayal of women from all walks of life. Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)     In 1888, Seurat demonstrated the versatility of his technique by exhibiting Circus Sideshow

The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of portraits, from those depicting real individuals to those representing anonymous or fictional characters. These portraits offer a glimpse into how different cultures have depicted the human face throughout history. Many of the portraits in the museum date back to the medieval period, and provide insight into the art and culture of that time. Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678)     This painting is a portrait of the

The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks depicting boys, ranging from young children to adolescents. These artworks provide a glimpse into how different cultures and periods have represented boys and young men. Many of the artworks are religious in nature, depicting scenes from the Bible or other religious texts. Others are more secular, showing boys at play or engaged in various activities. Whatever the subject matter, these artworks offer a window into the lives of boys throughout hist

The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks depicting gardens, many of which date back to the medieval period. These artworks provide insight into how different cultures and religions have represented gardens over time. The Cascade     In 1756, having won the Prix de Rome, Fragonard departed for four years at the French academy in that city, a traditional rite of artistic passage.     Practically nothing is known of his journey from Paris, but on the return trip he traveled by way of Flo

The Metropolitan Museum houses a large collection of artworks depicting female nudes. These artworks date back to antiquity and span a wide range of cultures and styles. The nude figure has been a source of inspiration for artists for centuries, and the artworks in The Metropolitan Museum provide a window into the different ways that artists have represented the nude body throughout history. The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)     In the lower, terrestrial portion of this composi

The Metropolitan Museum has a large collection of artworks depicting houses. These artworks provide a glimpse into how different cultures and periods have represented houses. Some of the artworks depict actual houses, while others depict houses as symbols or allegories. The collection includes both traditional and non-traditional depictions of houses, from a variety of cultures and periods. Trees and Houses Near the Jas de Bouffan     Paul Cezanne is rightly remembered for his important contr

1. Costume for Mother Earth by Miriam Schapiro The Legacy of Miriam Schapiro Schapiro was a leading voice in the development of the Feminist art movement. Through her work and her teaching, she influenced the work and changed the lives of women artists all over the world who heard her lecture and saw her work 2. Fallen Woman (Femme Maison), 1946 - Louise Bourgeois This composition appeared first in an ink on linen work of 1946-47, and was then used for an exhibition brochure for "Louise Bou

The Virgin Mary is a figure of great importance in Christianity, as she is the mother of Jesus Christ. Mary is often depicted in artworks, particularly from the medieval period onwards. These artworks show how Mary has been represented by different cultures and religions over time. The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks depicting the Virgin Mary, many of which are quite beautiful and highly venerated. The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John     Painted roughly a century after

The Landscapes collection at The Metropolitan Museum contains a wide variety of artworks depicting different types of landscapes. Some of these landscapes are natural and unaltered by human activity, while others are cultural landscapes that have been significantly modified by humans. These artworks provide a glimpse into the different ways that humans have interacted with and viewed the landscape over time. Vase     This vase is among the most ambitious ceramics made in this nation's early r

Saints are people who have been formally recognized by the Church as having had exceptional holiness of life. There are many artworks depicting saints in The Metropolitan Museum, from a variety of cultures and historical periods. These artworks provide insight into how different cultures and religions have represented saints over time. Processional cross     This object is a repository for a relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross.     It is thought to have been made for a convent o

The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of artworks depicting boats. These artworks come from all over the world and span many different time periods. Boats have long been an important part of human cultures, and have been used for transportation, trade, and warfare. The artworks in The Metropolitan Museum provide a glimpse into the different ways that boats have been depicted by cultures throughout history. Whalers     Turner was seventy years old when Whalers debuted to mixed reviews at

Hirohiko Araki is a Japanese manga artist who made his debut under the name Toshiyuki Araki in 1980 with his one-shot Poker Under Arms. He began his professional career with the short series Cool Shock B.T., Baoh, and The Gorgeous Irene. Araki is best known for his long-running series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which was first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1987. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has sold over 100 million copies in Japan alone and is known for its frequent references to Western rock m

Considered the greatest painter in all of European Art, Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch painter and etcher of the Dutch Golden Age. As a child, he had an inclination towards painting, and spent three years under the apprenticeship of a local history painter. After another six month apprenticeship with painter Jan Pieter Lastman, he opened his own studio. He began taking art students at his studio at the ripe old age of twenty-one years old. In 1631, Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam, which at the tim

Ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e (Japanese: ukiyo-e / うきよえ) is a Japanese painting art form that was widely popular in the Edo period due to its ingenious combination with woodblock printing. The center ushered in a creative and commercial heyday, depicting people's daily lives, landscapes, and theater. Ukiyo-e is often thought to refer to color-printed woodblock prints (called nishiki-e in Japanese), but in fact there are also hand-painted works. Ito Jakuchu Animal and Plant Color Painting Ito Ruochhong b

Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso was the most dominant and influential artist of the 1st half of the 20th century. Associated most of all with pioneering Cubism, he also invented collage and made major contribution to Surrealism. He saw himself above all as a painter, yet his sculpture was greatly influential, and he also explored areas as diverse as printmaking and ceramics. Finally, he was a famously charismatic personality, the leading figure in the Ecole de Paris. His many relationships with w

Cecilia Vicuña is a Chilean-born poet and artist known for works that address colonialism, the body, and human rights. In her painting Karl Marx (1972), Vicuña situates the coauthor of the Communist Manifesto amidst blossoming trees and a couple in love, compressing history and personal life. Her ongoing series of small sculptures precarios, are reminiscent of the work Joseph Beuys. These spatial poems are comprised of feathers, plastic, wood, wire, and other detritus.“The notion that art and p

    Amy Feldman is an American abstract painter from Brooklyn, New York. She received a BFA degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island in 2003.     She then attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey where she received an MFA in Painting in 2008. She subsequently attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture for a nine-week residency in 2009.     Feldman is the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Grant (2018) and Joan Mitchell

Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Amman Marcus Curtius    title: Marcus Curtius    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 2002 Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    title: Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1953 Triumph of Christian Faith    ti

Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese: 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okumura_Masanobu Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledo

Kimball International consists of furniture brands: Kimball, National, Interwoven, Etc., Poppin, D'Style and Kimball Hospitality. It is the successor to W.W. Kimball and Company, the world's largest piano and organ manufacturer at certain times in the 19th and 20th centuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimball_International Clarence A. Freeman, Champion Checker Player, from the Champions of Games and Sports series (N184, Type 1) issued by W.S. Kimball & Co.    title: Clarence A. Freeman, C

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (UK:  KORR-oh, US:  kə-ROH, kor-OH, French: [ʒɑ̃ batist kamij kɔʁo]; July 16, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was a French landscape and portrait painter  as well as a printmaker in etching. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast output simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of Impressionism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste-Camille_Corot Three Nymphs and a Youth: study for a decorative

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 1503 – 24 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (UK: , US: , Italian: [parmidʒaˈniːno]; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma. His work is characterized by a "refined sensuality" and often elongation of forms and includes Vision of Saint Jerome (1527) and the iconic if somewhat anomalous Madonna with the Lo

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (5 January 1696 - 12 March 1757), Italian designer, became the most distinguished artist of the Galli da Bibiena family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Galli_Bibiena Design for a Theatrum Sacrum    title: Design for a Theatrum Sacrum    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1972 Views of a Theater (Bayreuth): Profile View of Facade and Half of the Plan    title: Views of a Theater (Bayreuth): Profile View of Facade and Half of the Plan    depart

Jacques Callot (French: [ʒak kalo]; c. 1592 – 1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands).  He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many rel

Edwin Austin Abbey  (April 1, 1852 – August 1, 1911) was an American muralist, illustrator, and painter. He flourished at the beginning of what is now referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known for his drawings and paintings of Shakespearean and Victorian subjects, as well as for his painting of Edward VII's coronation. His most famous set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, adorns the Boston Public Library. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Austin_A

Utagawa Sadahide (歌川 貞秀, 1807 – c. 1878–1879), also known as Gountei Sadahide (五雲亭 貞秀), was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style as a member of the Utagawa school.  His prints covered a wide variety of genres; amongst his best known are his Yokohama-e pictures of foreigners in Yokohama in the 1860s, a period when he was a best-selling artist.  He was a member of the Tokugawa shogunate's delegation to the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.

The House of Worth was a French fashion house that specializes in haute couture, ready-to-wear clothes, and perfumes. It was founded in 1858 by English designer Charles Frederick Worth. It continued to operate under his descendants until 1952 and closed in 1956. The House of Worth fashion brand was revived in 1999. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Worth Fancy dress costume    title: Fancy dress costume    department: Costume Institute    accessionYear: 1994 Wedding dress    title:

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese: 歌川豊国; 1769 in Edo – 24 February 1825 in Edo), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (art-name) after he died, was a great master of ukiyo-e, known in particular for his kabuki actor prints. He was the second head of the renowned Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock artists, and was the artist who elevated it to the position of great fame and power it occupied for the rest of the nineteenth century.

George Norman Barnard (December 23, 1819 – February 4, 1902) was an American photographer most well known for his photographs from the American Civil War era. He is often noted as G. N. Barnard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_N._Barnard Fort Pulaski    title: Fort Pulaski    department: Photographs    accessionYear: 2005 Trestle Bridge at Whiteside    title: Trestle Bridge at Whiteside    department: Photographs    accessionYear: 1970 Sherman and His Generals    title: Sherman

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert (1522 – 29 October 1590), also known as Theodore Cornhert, was a Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician, theologian and artist. Coornhert is often considered the Father of Dutch Renaissance scholarship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirck_Coornhert Fortune Does Not Watch over All Sleepers from Six Sayings about Fortune    title: Fortune Does Not Watch over All Sleepers from Six Sayings about Fortune    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear:

Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川 芳虎) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo), but neither his date of birth nor date of death is known. However, he was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners (Yokohama-e).  He may not have seen any of the foreign scenes he depicted.Yoshitora was prolific: he pr

Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio (1587–1663) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. His children, Flaminio and Angelica Allegrini, were also painters. Angelica painted a canvas for the church of San Francesco, Gubbio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Allegrini_da_Gubbio Group of Figures Copied from Michelangelo's Last Judgment    title: Group of Figures Copied from Michelangelo's Last Judgment    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1880 The Rape of Europa    titl

Paul de Lamerie (9 April 1688 – 1 August 1751) was a London-based silversmith. The Victoria and Albert Museum describes him as the "greatest silversmith working in England in the 18th century".  He was being referred to as the ‘King’s silversmith’ in 1717. Though his mark raises the market value of silver, his output was large and not all his pieces are outstanding. The volume of work bearing de Lamerie's mark makes it almost certain that he subcontracted orders to other London silversmiths befo

David Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears. Clayton-Thomas has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and in 2007 his jazz/rock composition "Spinning Wheel" was enshrined in the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. In 2010 Clayton-Thomas received his star on Canada's Walk of Fame. Clayton-Thomas began his music career i

François Boucher (UK:  BOO-shay, US:  boo-SHAY; French: [fʁɑ̃swa buʃe]; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher Young Girl with a Boy and a Dog    title: Young Girl

Claude Lorrain (French: [klod lɔ.ʁɛ̃]; born Claude Gellée [ʒəle], called le Lorrain in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest important artists, apart from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting.  His landscapes are usually turned into the more prestigious genre of history paintings by the

Isoda Koryūsai (礒田 湖龍斎, 1735–1790) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer and painter active from 1769 to 1790. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kory%C5%ABsai A Girl with an Attendant    title: A Girl with an Attendant    department: Asian Art    accessionYear: 1914 The Oiran Sugawara of Tsuru-ya seated beside a hibachi (fire box)    title: The Oiran Sugawara of Tsuru-ya seated beside a hibachi (fire box)    department: Asian Art    accessionYear: 1914 A Young Woman Seated in a Room and

Agostino Veneziano ("Venetian Agostino"), whose real name was Agostino de' Musi (c. 1490 – c. 1540), was an important and prolific Italian engraver of the Renaissance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agostino_Veneziano The Virgin, the Infant Christ, Infant Saint John, and Two Angels    title: The Virgin, the Infant Christ, Infant Saint John, and Two Angels    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1917 Candlestick    title: Candlestick    department: European Sculpture and Decor

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (UK: , US: ; French: [ø.ʒɛn ɑ̃.ʁi pɔl ɡo.ɡɛ̃]; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia. The paintings from this time depict people or landscapes from that region. His work was influential on the French avant-garde and many m

Édouard Manet (UK: , US: ; French: [edwaʁ manɛ]; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Born into an upper-class household with strong political connections, Manet rejected the naval career originally envisioned for him; he became engrossed in the world of painting. His early masterworks, The Luncheon on the Grass (Le déjeuner s

The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company was incorporated in 1826 to hold the glass factory built a year earlier in Sandwich, Massachusetts, by Deming Jarves. The factory was closed in 1888 amid disputes with a newly formed glassmakers' labor union.The factory was one of the earliest to produce pressed glass.The company was an employer of Nicholas Lutz. The Sandwich Glass Museum now contains many pieces from the company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Sandwich_Glass_Company Candlestick

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 8 July 1770) was a Japanese designer of woodblock print art in the ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety of subjects, from classical poems to contemporary beauties. Like many artists of his day, Harunobu also produced a number of shunga, or erotic images. During

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( DEL-ə-krwah, -⁠KRWAH, French: [øʒɛn dəlakʁwa]; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.In contrast to the Neoclassical perfectionism of his chief rival Ingres, Delacroix took for his inspiration the art of Rubens and painters of the Venetian Renaissance, with an attendant emphasis on colour and movement rather than clarity of outline and carefully modelled f

Peter Flötner, also Flatner, Flettner, or Floetner (c. 1490 in Thurgau – 23 October 1546, in Nuremberg) was a German designer, sculptor, and printmaker.  He was a leading figure in the introduction of Italianate Renaissance design to sculpture and the decorative arts in Germany, competing in this regard with the Vischer Family of Nuremberg.  He designed and produced work in a wide range of media, but "seems to have made only a modest living", unlike many of his contemporary artists. https://en.w

Rodolphe Bresdin was a French draughtsman and engraver, born in Le Fresne-sur-Loire on 12 August 1822, who died in Sèvres on 11 January 1885. His fantastic works, full of strange details, particularly attracted Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Robert de Montesquiou  and André Breton. Odilon Redon  was his pupil. Bresdin influenced contemporary artists like Jacques Moreau, George Rubel, Jean-Pierre Velly, and Philippe Mohlitz. Bresdin's life story and his art are both e

Félix Adrien Bonfils (8 March 1831 – 1885) was a French photographer and writer who was active in the Middle East. He was one of the first commercial photographers to produce images of the Middle East on a large scale and amongst the first to employ a new method of colour photography, developed in 1880. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Bonfils [Details of the Colonnade of the Parthenon, Athens]    title: [Details of the Colonnade of the Parthenon, Athens]    department: Photographs  

José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar (2 February 1852 – 20 January 1913) was a Mexican political lithographer who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. His work has influenced numerous Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and social engagement. He used skulls, calaveras, and bones to convey political and cultural critiques. Among his most enduring works is La Calavera Catrina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Guadalupe_Posada Skeletons (cal

Édouard Baldus (June 5, 1813, Grünebach, Prussia – 1889, Arcueil) was a French landscape, architectural and railway photographer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Baldus Pavillon de l'Horloge, Louvre    title: Pavillon de l'Horloge, Louvre    department: Photographs    accessionYear: 1991 Eglise d'Auvers    title: Eglise d'Auvers    department: Photographs    accessionYear: 1990 [Roman Arch at Orange]    title: [Roman Arch at Orange]    department: Photographs    accession

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese: 歌川 国貞; 1786 – 12 January 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国, Sandai Utagawa Toyokuni), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunisada Danjūrō VII's Benkei as Fudō Myōō    title: Danjūrō VII'

Goodwin & Company was an American tobacco manufacturer from New York City. Initially E. Goodwin and Brother, the company was founded before the American Civil War. It was known for its cigarette brands "Gypsy Queen" and "Old Judge". In 1890, the company was merged, along with four others, into James Buchanan Duke's American Tobacco Company to create an American monopoly on tobacco product manufacturing and retail. Charles Goodwin Emery (died 1915), who had the principal interest in Goodwin & Com

Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista piraˈneːzi; -eːsi]; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian Classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Le Carceri d'Invenzione). He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi Interior view of St. Pe

Jacques Callot (French: [ʒak kalo]; c. 1592 – 1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands).  He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many rel

Kimball International consists of furniture brands: Kimball, National, Interwoven, Etc., Poppin, D'Style and Kimball Hospitality. It is the successor to W.W. Kimball and Company, the world's largest piano and organ manufacturer at certain times in the 19th and 20th centuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimball_International Algerian Dancer, from the Dancing Women series (N186) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.    title: Algerian Dancer, from the Dancing Women series (N186) issued by Wm. S. Ki

Albrecht Dürer (; German: [ˈʔalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ]; Hungarian: Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini, and Leonardo da Vin

Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, also given as Du Cerceau, DuCerceau, or Ducerceau (1510–1584) was a well-known French designer of architecture, ornament, furniture, metalwork and other decorative designs during the 16th century, and the founder of the Androuet du Cerceau family. He introduced Renaissance architecture to France with the assistance of Pierre Lescot, Philibert Delorme and Jean Bullant. Though he was referred to by contemporaries as architecte and was even appointed architecte du roi

Utagawa Hiroshige (, also US: ; Japanese: 歌川 広重 [ɯtaɡawa çiɾoꜜɕiɡe]), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and for his vertical-format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.  The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo-e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, pop

Stefano della Bella (17 May 1610 – 12 July 1664) was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes. He left 1052 prints, and several thousand drawings, but only one known painting. He was born and died in Florence, Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_della_Bella Studies of Cavaliers    title: Studies of Cavaliers    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1957

Jacques Callot (French: [ʒak kalo]; c. 1592 – 1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands).  He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many rel

James Abbott McNeill Whistler  (; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His signature for his paintings took the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol combined both aspects of his personality: his art is marked by a subtle delicacy, while h

Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's work and brought this type of porcelain to the market, financed by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. The production of porcelain in the royal factory at Meissen, near Dresden, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans to establi

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French: [ɑ̃dʁe adɔlf øʒɛn dizdeʁi]; 28 March 1819 – 4 October 1889) was a French photographer who started his photographic career as a daguerreotypist but gained greater fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite, a small photographic image which was mounted on a card. Disdéri, a brilliant showman, made this system of mass-production portraiture world famous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Adolphe-Eug%C3%A8ne_Disd%C3%A9ri Le deux roses    tit

Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 1757 – 21 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and political satires, as well as large number  of illustrations for novels, humorous books, and topographical works. Like other caricaturists of his age such as James Gillray, his caricatures are often robust or bawdy. Rowlandson also produced highly expli

Wenceslaus Hollar (23 July 1607 – 25 March 1677) was a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in England. He is known to German speakers as Wenzel Hollar; and to Czech speakers as Václav Hollar Czech: [ˈvaːtslav ˈɦolar].  He is particularly noted for his engravings and etchings. He was born in Prague, died in London, and was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_Hollar Naves Bellicæ Holla

Alphonse Bertillon (French: [bɛʁtijɔ̃]; 22 April 1853 – 13 February 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement creating an identification system based on physical measurements. Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals. Before that time, criminals could only be identified by name or photograph. The method was eventually supplanted by fingerprinting.He is also th

Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, c. 31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849), known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Hokusai was instrumental in developing ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture largely focused on courtesans and actors into a much broader style of art that focused on landscapes, plants, an

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xoˈse ðe ˈɣoʝa i luˈθjentes]; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.Goya was bo

Sebald Beham (1500–1550) was a German painter and printmaker, mainly known for his very small engravings. Born in Nuremberg, he spent the later part of his career in Frankfurt. He was one of the most important of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making prints in the generation after Dürer. His name is often given as Hans Sebald Beham, although there is no documentary evidence that he ever used this  additional forename.He produced approximately 252 engravings, 18 etchings and 15

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French: [ɔnɔʁe domje]; February 26, 1808 – February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870. He earned a living throughout most of his life producing caricatures and cartoons of political figures and satirizing the behavior of his countrymen in newspapers and periodicals, for which he became well k

Étienne Eugène Cicéri (27 January 1813 – 20 April 1890) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and theatrical designer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Cic%C3%A9ri Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris    title: Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1953 Design for a Stage Set    title: Design for a Stage Set    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1953 Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Pari

Currier and Ives was a New York City printmaking business that operated between 1835 and 1907. Founded by Nathaniel Currier, the company designed and sold inexpensive, hand painted lithographic works based on news events, views of popular culture and Americana. Advertising itself as "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints," the corporate name was changed in 1857 to "Currier and Ives" with the addition of James Merritt Ives. A perennial bestselling series was the Darktown Comics lit

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] (listen); 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.Unlike most Dutch masters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of style and subject m

Antonio Tempesta, also called il Tempestino (1555 – 5 August 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver, whose art acted as a point of connection between Baroque Rome and the culture of Antwerp. Much of his work depicts major battles and historical figures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Tempesta Plate 5: Tomb of Mausolus, stone masons make a column at the right,  from The Seven Wonders of the World    title: Plate 5: Tomb of Mausolus, stone masons make a column at the right,  from The

Sir Francis Seymour Haden  PPRE (16 September 1818 – 1 June 1910), was an English surgeon, better known as an original etcher who championed original printmaking. He was at the heart of the Etching Revival in Britain, and one of the founders of the Society of Painter-Etchers, now the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, as its first president.  He was also a collector and scholar of Rembrandt's prints. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Seymour_Haden A Cottage Porch    title: A Cottage Po

Carleton E. Watkins (1829–1916) was an American photographer of the 19th century. Born in New York, he moved to California and quickly became interested in photography. He focused mainly on landscape photography, and Yosemite Valley was a favorite subject of his. His photographs of the valley significantly influenced the United States Congress' decision to preserve it as a National Park. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Watkins El Capitan, Yosemite    title: El Capitan, Yosemite    depa

Chelsea porcelain is the porcelain made by the Chelsea porcelain manufactory, the first important porcelain manufactory in England, established around 1743–45, and operating independently until 1770, when it was merged with Derby porcelain.  It made soft-paste porcelain throughout its history, though there were several changes in the "body" material and glaze used.  Its wares were aimed at a luxury market, and its site in Chelsea, London, was close to the fashionable Ranelagh Gardens pleasure gr

Brewster & Company was an American custom carriage-maker and automobile coachbuilder founded by James Brewster in 1810 and active almost 130 years. Brewster began in New Haven, Connecticut and quickly established a reputation for building America's finest carriages. He opened his first New York City showroom at 52 Broad Street in 1827. Brewster's first known bodywork on an automobile was on an electric car in 1896, then a gasoline-powered Delaunay-Belleville chassis in 1905. Eventually they buil

Royal Worcester is a porcelain brand based in Worcester, England. It was established in 1751 and is believed to be the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain brand still in existence today, although this is disputed by Royal Crown Derby, which claims 1750 as its year of establishment. Part of the Portmeirion Group since 2009, Royal Worcester remains in the luxury tableware and giftware market, although production in Worcester itself has ended. Technically, the Worcester Royal Porcel

Shunshō Katsukawa  (Japanese: 勝川 春章; 1726 – 19 January 1793) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunshō studied under Miyagawa Shunsui, son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun, both equally famous and talented ukiyo-e artists. Shunshō is most well known for introducing a new form of yakusha-e, prints depicting Kabuki actors. However, his bijin-ga (images of beautiful women) paintings, while less famous, are said by some scholar

Pierre-Louis Pierson (Hinckange (Moselle), 13 December 1822—Paris, 22 March 1913) was a French photographer and portraitist. His studio was located at 5, boulevard des Capucines, on the border between the 2nd and 9th arrondissements in the centre of Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Louis_Pierson La Bisi. Boudoir, robe velour gris, moire rose, fleurs roses, feuilles grises (de sa mai, au revers.)    title: La Bisi. Boudoir, robe velour gris, moire rose, fleurs roses, feuilles grises

Der Spiegel (online) is the largest German news website. Before the renaming in January 2020, the website's name was Spiegel Online (short SPON). It was founded in 1994 as the online offshoot of the German news magazine, Der Spiegel, with a staff of journalists working independently of the magazine. Today, it is the most frequently quoted online media product in Germany. Spiegel Online International, a section featuring articles translated into English, was launched in autumn 2004. In 2019, its

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( tee-EP-ə-loh, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈtjɛːpolo, ˈtjeː- ]; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain. Giovan Battista Tiepolo, together with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Gio

Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista piraˈneːzi; -eːsi]; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian Classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Le Carceri d'Invenzione). He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi Veduta del Tempio di Gi

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French: [ɔnɔʁe domje]; February 26, 1808 – February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870. He earned a living throughout most of his life producing caricatures and cartoons of political figures and satirizing the behavior of his countrymen in newspapers and periodicals, for which he became well k

Stefano della Bella (17 May 1610 – 12 July 1664) was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes. He left 1052 prints, and several thousand drawings, but only one known painting. He was born and died in Florence, Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_della_Bella A Standing Soldier    title: A Standing Soldier    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1887

Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779) was a cabinet-maker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director—the most important collection of furniture designs published in England to that point which created a mass market for furniture—upon which success he became renowned. According to the Victoria and Albert Museum, "so influential were his desig

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese: 喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist.  He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s.  He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects. Little is known of Utamaro's life.  His work began to appear in the 1770s, and he rose to prominence in the early 1790s with his portraits of beauti

Kubo Shunman (Japanese: 窪 俊満; c. 1757 – 26 October 1820) was a Japanese artist and writer.  He produced ukiyo-e prints and paintings, gesaku novels, and kyōka and haiku poetry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunman Two Actors; a Scene from the Soga Play    title: Two Actors; a Scene from the Soga Play    department: Asian Art    accessionYear: 1929 Rose, Iris, Primrose and Daisy    title: Rose, Iris, Primrose and Daisy    department: Asian Art    accessionYear: 1929 Chrysanthemum and

Maxime Du Camp (8 February 1822 – 9 February 1894) was a French writer and photographer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Du_Camp Vue générale du Kaire, prise de la Mosquée Tegloun    title: Vue générale du Kaire, prise de la Mosquée Tegloun    department: Photographs    accessionYear: 1999 Colosses du Ramesséum    title: Colosses du Ramesséum    department: Photographs    accessionYear: 1999 Dattiers et Maison du quartier Franc, au Kaire    title: Dattiers et Maison du quartier

Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 1533), also named either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, was a Dutch painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut. Lucas van Leyden was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and was a very accomplished engraver. Lucas was the son of the painter Huygh Jacobsz.  He was born, died, and was mainly active in Leiden. Carel van Mander characterizes Lucas as a tireless artist, who as a child annoyed his mother by working long hours after nightfall, which

Salvator Rosa (1615 –1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticized landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the early 19th century. In his lifetime he was among the most famous painters, known for his flamboyant personality, and regarded as an accomplished poet, satirist, actor, musician, and printmaker, as well. He was active in Naples, Rome, and Florence, where on occasion he

Andrea Meldolla (Croatian: Andrija Medulić), also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrea Lo Schiavone  (c. 1510/15–1563) was an Italian Renaissance painter and etcher, born in present-day Croatia, active mainly in the city of Venice.  His style combined Mannerist elements, a relative rarity in Venice, with much influence from the mainstream of Venetian painting, especially Titian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Schiavone The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ    title: The Lamentation Over t

Étienne Delaune, Delaulne, or De Laune, (1518 or 1519) was a French goldsmith,  medallist, draughtsman  and engraver . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Delaune François II, King of France, King Consort of Scotland    title: François II, King of France, King Consort of Scotland    department: Arms and Armor    accessionYear: 1922 Design for Door Knocker    title: Design for Door Knocker    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1971 Pair of Wheellock Pistols    t

Robert Nanteuil (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ nɑ̃tœj]; 1623 – 9 December 1678) was a French portrait artist: engraver, draughtsman and pastellist to the court of Louis XIV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nanteuil Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe    title: Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 2000 Madame Bouthillier (Marie de Bragelogne)    title: Madame Bouthillier (Marie de Bragelogne)    department: Drawings and Prints    accession

Eadweard Muybridge (; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name "Eadweard" as the original Anglo-Saxon form of "Edward", and the surname "Muybridge", believing it to be similarly archaic.Born in Kingston upon Thames, England, at the age of 20 he emigrated to the United States as a bookseller, first to New York City, and

William Hogarth  (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", and he is perhaps best known for his series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode.  Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often r

Allaert van Everdingen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlaːrt fɑn ˈeːvərˌdɪŋə(n)], bapt. 18 June 1621 – 8 November 1675 (buried)), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker in etching and mezzotint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allaert_van_Everdingen The Two Barrels before a Hut    title: The Two Barrels before a Hut    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1933 The Bear with His Snout and Forepaws Caught in the Trunk of a Tree from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox    title:

Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt. 10 September 1645 – 10 June 1708) was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque, painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeyn_de_Hooghe Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtor's Prison (?)    title: Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtor's Prison (?)    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1956 Paye qui Tombe: Die eerst valt betaelt de Speelman, die laest, de Kosten (The Fall

Enea Vico (29 January 1523 – 18 August 1567) was an Italian engraver. Vico was born in Parma. He specialized in grotesque engravings based on antique paintings. Vico made engravings for Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and later Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara. He died in Ferrara in 1567. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enea_Vico Designs for Ornamental Military Trophies (recto and verso)    title: Designs for Ornamental Military Trophies (recto and verso)    department: Drawings and Print

Heinrich Aldegrever or Aldegraf (1502–1555, 1558 or 1561) was a German painter and engraver.  He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Aldegrever Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Cain and Abel    title: Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Cain and Abel    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1921 Wedding medallion    title: Wedding medallion    de

The Union Porcelain Works was both the first and the foremost American manufacturer of porcelain wares from c. 1862 to c. 1922, with its factory located in Greenpoint, now a part of Brooklyn, New York. The company's history traces back to c. 1844 when William Boch & Brothers began to make soft-paste porcelain (a mixture of kaolin and phosphate of lime, after an English formula) in a single kiln. By 1850 their enterprise was organized under several names including the Union Porcelain Works and Em

Alexander Jackson Davis, or A. J. Davis (July 24, 1803 – January 14, 1892), was an American architect, known particularly for his association with the Gothic Revival style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jackson_Davis Syllabus Row, New York    title: Syllabus Row, New York    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1954 Façade Design and Old Plan for the First Merchant's Exchange, New York  (unexecuted; front elevation and plan)    title: Façade Design and Old Plan f

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (August 30, 1727 – March 3, 1804) was an Italian painter and printmaker in etching. He was the son of artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Tiepolo Centaur Holding Up a Youthful Satyr    title: Centaur Holding Up a Youthful Satyr    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1937 Study of a Garden Sculpture: Leda?    title: Study of a Garden Sculpture: Leda?    dep

Antonie Waterloo (6 May 1609 – 23 October 1690) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_Waterloo A House near a Bridge    title: A House near a Bridge    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1955 A Traveller and His Dog (Le Voyageur et son Chien)    title: A Traveller and His Dog (Le Voyageur et son Chien)    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 2002 River Landscape with Mountain Stream    title: River Landscape with

Tiffany & Co. (colloquially known as Tiffany's) is an American luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, headquartered in Fifth Avenue, New York City. It sells jewelry, sterling silver, porcelain, crystal, stationery, fragrances, water bottles, watches, personal accessories, and leather goods. Tiffany is known for its luxury goods, particularly its diamond and sterling silver jewelry. These goods are sold at Tiffany stores, online, and corporate merchandising. Its name and branding are licensed to

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of them for the remainder of the 19th century. Bierstadt was born in Prussia, but his family moved to the United States when he was one year old. He returned to study painting for several yea

Elkington & Co. was a silver manufacturer from Birmingham, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkington_%26_Co. Knife, fork, and spoon    title: Knife, fork, and spoon    department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts    accessionYear: 1873 Standing salt    title: Standing salt    department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts    accessionYear: 1883 Flagon    title: Flagon    department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts    accessionYear: 1883 Flagon or tankard

Daniel Marot or Daniel Marot the Elder (1661–1752) was a French-born Dutch architect, furniture designer and engraver at the forefront of the classicizing Late Baroque Louis XIV style.  He worked for a long time in England and the Dutch Republic, where he was naturalised in 1709. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Marot Upholstery panel    title: Upholstery panel    department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts    accessionYear: 1944 Chair panel    title: Chair panel    department

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax deːɐ̯ ˈʔɛltəʁə]; c. 1472 – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm. He was a close friend of Martin Luther. Cranach also painted religious subjects, fi

The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks that depict bedrooms, many of which date back to the medieval period. These artworks provide a glimpse into how different cultures and religions have represented bedrooms over time. Some of the artworks depict beds as simple sleeping spaces, while others depict them as more luxurious and ornate spaces. These artworks offer a fascinating look at the different ways that people have viewed bedrooms throughout history. The Annunciation     This pai

Dogs are often considered to be man's best friend. They are loyal, loving, and protective of their owners. Many people see dogs as family members and not just as pets. Dogs have been depicted in art since ancient times. They have been featured in paintings, sculptures, and even coins. Many people see dogs as having great art value because of their emotional connection to humans. The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks that depict dogs. The museum's collection includes a wide range of do

Birds are one of the most popular subjects for artists, as they can be both beautiful and fascinating creatures. Many artists have been inspired by birds, and have created some stunning works of art featuring them.Birds can make for very interesting and detailed paintings, as they have a wide variety of colors and patterns on their feathers. They can also be depicted in flight, which can add a sense of movement and energy to a painting. Whether they are depicted realistically or abstractly, bird

The horse is a domesticated animal that has been used by humans for thousands of years. There are many different breeds of horses, each with its own unique characteristics. The Metropolitan Museum has a large collection of artworks depicting horses, from ancient sculptures to modern paintings. These artworks provide a glimpse into the different ways that horses have been represented by cultures around the world. Enameled and Gilded Bottle     This bottle is remarkable because it is large and

Cows are a popular subject of art, due to their importance in many cultures and religions. The cows are a beautiful example of pastoral art. They depict the simple, bucolic life of countryside living. The art value of the cows lies in their ability to evoke a sense of nostalgia and longing for a simpler time. There are a variety of artworks depicting cows in The Metropolitan Museum. These artworks provide a glimpse into the different ways that cows have been represented in art over time. A Cow

Allegory is a technique employed in the literary and visual arts to express complex or abstract ideas through the use of personifications and symbols. In art, allegories often take the form of personifications and/or symbols which, based on a conventionally agreed relation between concept and representation, refer to an idea outside the work of art. There are numerous examples of allegorical art in The Metropolitan Museum, many of which date back to the medieval and Renaissance periods. These ar

Angels are often depicted in art as heavenly beings, often with wings, who act as messengers of God. In the Bible, angels are said to have appeared to various figures, such as Abraham and Mary. Angels also play an important role in other theologies, such as Islam. There are numerous artworks depicting angels in The Metropolitan Museum, from a wide range of cultures and religions. These artworks provide insight into how different cultures and religions have represented angels over time. The Ado

Paris is one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world. It is known for its fashion, art, food, and wine. Some of the most famous artists in the world have lived and worked in Paris, including Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Vincent van Gogh. Paris is a historic city with a rich cultural heritage. This is reflected in the artworks from Paris that are housed in The Metropolitan Museum. They provide a glimpse into the long and varied history of Paris, and the many different cultures

Saint John the Evangelist is a figure who appears in the Bible and is venerated in Christianity. He is traditionally depicted as an apostle, and is often shown writing the Gospel of John or the Book of Revelation. There are numerous artworks depicting Saint John the Evangelist in The Metropolitan Museum, many of which date back to the medieval period. These artworks provide insight into how different cultures and religions have represented Saint John over time. The Crucifixion with the Virgin

Saint John the Baptist is a figure who is revered in Christianity as the forerunner of Jesus Christ. He is often portrayed in art as ungroomed and wearing a hairshirt or pelt, with a shell and staff. There are numerous artworks depicting Saint John the Baptist in The Metropolitan Museum, many of which date back to the medieval period. These artworks provide insight into how different cultures have represented Saint John the Baptist over time. Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints     This p

The Madonna and Child is a popular theme in Christian art, depicting the Virgin Mary with the infant Christ. This theme was particularly popular during the medieval period, as it symbolized the Virgin's role as the mother of Christ. There are many Madonnas and Childs depicted in The Metropolitan Museum, from a wide range of cultures and periods. These artworks provide a glimpse into how different artists have interpreted this important biblical scene. Our Lady of Valvanera     This painting d

Forests are important for many reasons. They are a source of food and shelter for animals, a source of wood for humans, and they help to regulate the global climate. Forests also have great aesthetic value - they are beautiful places to explore and enjoy. The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks that depict forests, many of which date back to the medieval period. These artworks provide insight into how different cultures and religions have represented forests over time. The Forest in W

Churches are public buildings for Christian worship. They vary in architectural style depending on their time period and location, but often follow similar models. The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of church artworks, from different time periods and cultures. These artworks provide a glimpse into how Christianity has been represented and practiced across the world. A Lock, a Column, and a Church beside a Lagoon     Canaletto also painted imaginary views, which he called vedute ideate

The Metropolitan Museum has a number of artworks related to Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity. These artworks date back to various periods in history, and provide insight into how different cultures and religions have represented Jesus. Jesus is often depicted as a teacher or prophet, and is often shown with the Virgin Mary, his mother. Some of the artworks in The Metropolitan Museum also depict Jesus' crucifixion and death, which is said to have occurred for the sins of mankind.

Putti are chubby, sometimes winged, and often naked childlike figures that were derived from Greco-Roman depictions of Eros. Putti were common motifs in art from the Renaissance through the 18th century. There are many artworks featuring putti in The Metropolitan Museum, which provide a glimpse into how these figures were represented in different periods of history. The Last Judgment     This majestic scene is divided into heavenly and earthly zones, which are linked by two hovering angels

Ballet is a type of dance that is often performed to classical music. It is known for its gracefulness, and dancers often wear tutus and pointe shoes. Ballet can be traced back to the 15th century, and it is often performed as a story ballet, with a plot and characters. The Metropolitan Museum has many paintings that depict ballet dancers. These paintings show the beauty and gracefulness of ballet, and they often capture the dancers in mid-air or in a flowing pose. The paintings are often very c

The flowers of any plant in the division Angiospermae are the reproductive portions of the plant. Flowers are often brightly colored and have a distinct shape, making them a popular subject of art. There are many artworks in The Metropolitan Museum depicting flowers, from paintings and sculptures to textiles and ceramics. These artworks provide a glimpse into how different cultures have represented flowers over time. Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses     Cezanne rarely painted flo

The city of Rome has a long and storied history, dating back thousands of years. Rome was once the capital of an empire that stretched across much of Europe and the Mediterranean. The city has been home to many different cultures over the centuries, and this is reflected in the artworks from Rome in The Metropolitan Museum. There are artworks from the city's earliest days up through the present day, documenting the changing face of Rome over time. Imaginary Landscape with the Palatine Hill fro

Hieroglyphs are an ancient form of writing that was used by the Egyptians and other cultures, such as the Mayans. Hieroglyphs are composed of pictographic characters, which represent objects, ideas, or sounds. There are many artworks in The Metropolitan Museum that feature hieroglyphs, including paintings, reliefs, and sculptures. These artworks offer a glimpse into the ancient world and the way that different cultures used hieroglyphs to communicate. Model Jar Inscribed for Sennefer and Senet

The city of Venice has a long and rich history, dating back to the 6th century. Since then, Venice has been a major cultural and artistic center, as well as an important trading hub. There are numerous artworks in The Metropolitan Museum that come from Venice, or that were created by Venetian artists. These artworks provide a glimpse into the city's vibrant past, and offer insight into the various cultures that have influenced Venice over the centuries. Piazza San Marco     This view can be c

Mary Magdalene is a figure who appears in the New Testament. She is traditionally considered to be the same person mentioned among the women who accompanied Christ, the one who had seven devils cast out of her, and the adulteress or prostitute who washed Christ's feet with her hair. Mary Magdalene is often depicted in artworks, many of which can be found in The Metropolitan Museum. These artworks provide insight into how Mary Magdalene has been represented over time. The Penitent Magdalen    

The archangel Gabriel is a figure who appears in the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Gabriel is often depicted as a heavenly messenger, and is said to have appeared to various figures in the Bible, such as Daniel and Zechariah. Gabriel is also said to have announced the births of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. There are numerous artworks depicting Gabriel in The Metropolitan Museum, many of which date back to the medieval period. These artworks provide insight into h

The skull is a bony structure that forms the framework of the head. It supports the face and encases the brain. skulls have been used by humans for a variety of purposes, such as ritualistic practices, burial customs, and as decorations. The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of skull-related artworks, ranging from ancient to modern times. These artworks provide a glimpse into the different ways that skulls have been used and regarded by cultures around the world. The Penitent Magdalen  

Animals are a popular subject in art, and there are numerous artworks depicting them in The Metropolitan Museum. These artworks range from realist depictions of animals to more abstract renderings. Animals have been used to represent various concepts in art, such as power, fertility, and grace. They can also be seen as symbols of the natural world or of humanity's place within it. Whatever their specific meaning, these artworks provide a fascinating look at how different cultures have represente

Waterfalls are a natural phenomenon that have been captured in art for centuries. They are often depicted as a powerful and awe-inspiring force of nature, and can be found in many different cultures and religions. The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of artworks depicting waterfalls, from ancient to modern times. These artworks provide a glimpse into how different cultures have viewed waterfalls throughout history. The Falls of Niagara     The painting is of Niagara Falls from the Canad

Male nudes are a popular subject in art, dating back to the classical period. In The Metropolitan Museum, there are many artworks depicting unclothed male figures, from ancient sculptures to Renaissance paintings. These artworks provide a glimpse into how artists have depicted the male form throughout history. Male nudes are often used to represent various concepts, such as idealized beauty or the human condition. Perseus with the Head of Medusa     This Perseus, purchased by Countess Valeria

The Metropolitan Museum has a wide array of artworks depicting rivers. These artworks come from all over the world and span a wide range of time periods. Rivers have long been an important part of human life, providing a source of water, transportation, and food. They have also been a source of inspiration for artists throughout history. The artworks in The Metropolitan Museum provide a glimpse into how different cultures have viewed and depicted rivers. Venice: The Rialto     Guardi's views

Lions are a large, powerful species of cat that is well-muscled, with a large head, short legs, and size and appearance that varies considerably between the sexes. Lions are unique among the cats in living in family groups or prides. Lions were once the most widespread large land mammals, ranging throughout Eurasia, Africa, and North America. Today, lions are listed as Vulnerable, and remaining only in fragmented populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and western India. There are numerous artworks de

Still life paintings are those which depict inanimate objects, typically arranged on a table. The term still life comes from the Dutch word for "table painting." Still life paintings were popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, and often contained allegorical messages. The Metropolitan Museum has a wide variety of still life paintings, from those done in the Renaissance period to those done in more modern times. These paintings provide a look into the different ways artists have depicted inanima

Funerary objects are objects associated with or used in funerary practices of any culture. They can be anything from grave markers to objects placed with human remains at the time of death or later as part of a death rite or ceremony. The Metropolitan Museum has a wide array of funerary objects from different cultures and periods. These objects provide insight into how different cultures have dealt with death and the afterlifey. Canopic Chest of Khonsu     The canopic box is for Khonsu and ha

An influential non-representational painter, Piet Mondrian’s art evolved over his lifetime into his own unique style, which he coined “neo-plasticism.” This art was not based on outside artistic influences or on typical techniques, but was instead Mondrian’s interpretation of his deeply felt philosophical beliefs. He subscribed to two sets of philosophical beliefs; theosophy, a religious mysticism which sought to help humanity achieve perfection, and anthroposophy, which held that the spiritual

Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp,was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art.Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Duchamp has had an immense impact on twentieth-century and twenty

Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s. His best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental film Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67). The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsb

Joan Cornellà Vázquez was born in Barcelona, Spain on 11 January 1981. He graduated in fine arts and has collaborated for numerous publications, such as La cultura del Duodeno, El Periódico, Ara and has illustrated for The New York Times. In 2009 he won the third edition of the Josep Coll Prize with his album Abulio, published in the next year by Glénat. Since 2010, he has provided cartoons for the Spanish magazine El Jueves. In 2012, Fracasa Mejor, a selection of Cornellà's black-and-white car

Walter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation[1] and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later 19th century. Crane's work featured some of the more col

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist known for his big-headed girls with piercing eyes. He has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions and his art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). His most well-known and repeated subjects are "big-headed girls" with piercing eyes, who one Nara scholar describes as having "childlike expressions [that] resonate with adult emotions, [their] embodiment of kawaii (cuteness) carries a dark humor, and any explicit cultural refere

Kahlo's life was fraught with physical and emotional pain. She contracted polio at the age of six, which left her right leg thinner and shorter than her left. In 1925, at the age of eighteen, she was in a bus accident that shattered her spine, ribs, collarbone, and pelvis, and impaled her right foot. The accident caused her lifelong pain and medical problems, including seventeen surgeries. Kahlo was bedridden for three months following the accident, during which time she took up painting as a fo

Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869, in Le Cateau, Picardy, France. He was the leader of the Fauvist movement about 1900, and he pursued the expressiveness of color throughout his career. His subjects were largely domestic or figurative, and a distinct Mediterranean verve presides in the treatment. Matisse's parents were in the grain business, and he displayed little interest in art until he was 20 years old. From 1882 to 1887, he attended the secondary school in Saint-Quentin; after a

Abstract Expressionism is a style of art that rejects representational art. In the 20th century, this trend manifested itself in biomorphic abstractions by Kandinsky and the Surrealists, and geometric abstractions by Malevich and the Constructivists. Abstract Expressionism completely rejects all forms and uses color as the only tool for expression. Abstract Expressionism has two sub-styles: Action Painting and Color Field Painting. Action Painting is based on a surrealist technique of automatic

The difference between photos and paintings is obvious, but there are people who break this theorem and paint paintings that rival photos. The peak of artistic skills is amazing. These people are called hyper-realistic painters. Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture that resembles a high-resolution photograph. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the United States and Europe that has developed since the early 1970s. Carole Feuerman is the for