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  Mesopotamian Magic in the First Millennium B.C. | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  metmuseum.org - Authors: Miriam Said

  Two thousand years after the end of the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires (ca. 883–539 B.C.), it can be difficult to grasp Mesopotamian magic …

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  Bashford Dean and the Development of Helmets and Body Armor during World War I | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  metmuseum.org - Authors: Donald J. La Rocca

  The industrialization and mechanization of war in the early twentieth century, including increased use of artillery, tanks, and machine guns and the …

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  Silver in Ancient Egypt | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  metmuseum.org - Authors: Deborah Schorsch

  Silver was used to fashion beads as early as the Predynastic Period (ca. 4400–3100 B.C.) and remained important for personal ornaments and cult …

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  Joan Miró (1893–1983) | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  metmuseum.org - Authors: Rachel Boate

  Though often pigeonholed as a Surrealist, the Catalan modernist Joan Miró considered his art to be free of any “ism.” He experimented feverishly …

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  The Metropolitan Museum’s Excavations at Qasr-i Abu Nasr | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  metmuseum.org - Authors: Caitlin Chaves Yates

  Beginning in 1932, a team from the Department of Near Eastern Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art excavated for three seasons at the site of Qasr-i …

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  Fernand Léger (1881–1955) | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  metmuseum.org - Authors: Rachel Boate

  Throughout his life and career, Fernand Léger consistently sought to capture in his art the dynamism and constantly changing conditions of modern …