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Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche on Display for Holiday Season at Metropolitan Museum

Posted December 9, 2011 by pressrelease

he Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-standing yuletide tradition in New York, is now on view for the holiday season through January 8, 2012.  The brightly lit, 20-foot blue spruce—with a collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs hovering among its boughs and groups of realistic crèche [...]

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art • New York

Posted October 9, 2011 by Harvey Diamond

Article By: Harvey & Alice Diamond…October 2011 he MET is one of the world’s most respected and most visited museums.  Located conveniently at 1000 5th Avenue and 82nd Street in New York, only a stones throw from Central Park, the Guggenhiem,  the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium makes it a must see [...]

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Late Renaissance Master Perino del Vaga at MET

Posted September 26, 2011 by pressrelease

Exhibition Date: September 27, 2011–February 5, 2012 Press Preview: Monday, September 26, 10:00 a.m.–noon Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi, 1501-1547), a pupil of Raphael, was a leading innovator of the late Renaissance style known as Mannerism, and one of the most influential Italian artists of the 16th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired [...]

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Good Humor at the Met – New York

Posted September 7, 2011 by pressrelease

Good Humor at the Met—Caricature and Satire Explored in Infinite Jest at the Metropolitan Museum Beginning September 13 September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012 Press Preview: Monday, September 12, 10 a.m.–noon Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art September 13, 2011, through March 4, 2012, will explore humorous [...]

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