Timeline of Art History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museum’s collection. It includes essays on Islamic art.
The Timeline is funded by the Heilbrunn Foundation, New Tamarind Foundation, and Zodiac Fund.
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Behind the Scenes: Building of the Moroccan Court
Craftsmen from Morocco assembling mosaic tiles for the Moroccan Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Images: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Craftsmen from Morocco assembling mosaic tiles for the Moroccan Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Images: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Craftsmen from Morocco assembling mosaic tiles for the Moroccan Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Images: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Craftsmen from Morocco carving stucco in the Moroccan Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Craftsmen from Morocco carving stucco in the Moroccan Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Craftsmen from Morocco carving stucco in the Moroccan Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Craftsmen from Morocco carving stucco in the Moroccan Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
A craftsman from Morocco installing the carved cedar ceiling in the Moroccan Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Worker installing the 18th-century ceiling of the Damascus Room at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Workers attach a gilded muqarna (stalactite-like decorative element typical of Islamic architecture) to a 16th-century Spanish ceiling at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
Workers installing a 16th-century Spanish ceiling at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, spring 2011.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Walter B. Denny
