Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the 2021 issue of the Metropolitan Museum Journal is now available on the University of Chicago Press website. The volume is available for sale in the Met Store and PDFs are available on MetPublications.
Metropolitan Museum Journal, volume 56 (2021)
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES ON MUSEUMS
Aztecs in the Empire City:
“The People without History” in The Met
JOANNE PILLSBURY
“Te Maori”: New Precedents for Indigenous Art at The Met
MAIA NUKU (NGAI TAI)
The Vélez Blanco Patio and United States–Cuba
Relationships in the 1950s
TOMMASO MOZZATI
Collecting the Ancient Near East at The Met
YELENA RAKIC
The Sèvres Elephant Garniture and the
Politics of Dispersal during the French Revolution
IRIS MOON
Facsimiles, Artworks, and Real Things
REBECCA CAPUA
ARTICLES
Icon, Contact Relic, Souvenir:
The Virgin Eleousa Micromosaic Icon at The Met
MARIA HARVEY
Talismanic Imagery in an Ethiopian Christian Manuscript
Illuminated by the Night-Heron Master
KRISTEN WINDMULLER-LUNA
Philippe Auguste Hennequin’s Portrait Drawing of
Sir Sidney Smith in the Temple Prison
KATHERINE GAZZARD
Artists’ Frames in Pâte Coulante: History, Design, and Method
PETER MALLO
RESEARCH NOTE
A Source for Two Gilded Silver Figurines
ELIZABETH RICE MATTISON
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Inspiration from the Collection: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
Elizabeth L. Block, PhD
Senior Editor, Publications and Editorial
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York