Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe
Exhibition Dates: | metmuseum.org November 25, 2019–March 1, 2020 |
| Exhibition Location: | The Met Fifth Avenue, Gallery 999, Iris and Gerald B. Cantor Exhibition Hall, Floor 2 |
Max Hollein, Director of The Met, commented: “On a regular basis, news about the latest technological devices and their astonishing capabilities both fascinates and delights us. These familiar feelings echo those of princely patrons in centuries past who desired to possess and display the most marvelous artistic creations and inventions, made of the most precious and unusual materials and incorporating the newest scientific information.”
Related programs include: a Sunday at The Met with exhibition curator Wolfram Koeppe, science historian Pamela H. Smith, and artist Elizabeth King discussing the origins, significance, and lasting legacy of early modern European royal collections (January 26, 2–3:30 p.m.); a talk, delivered live from Dresden via video, by Michael Korey, Senior Curator at the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Staatliches Kunstsammlungen Dresden, about early modern clocks, with a focus on the Imser Clock (December 6, 6:30–7:30 p.m.); and a concert as part of the Sight and Sound series by Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now titled “At the Intersection of Art and Technology” (February 23, 2 p.m.). Met curators and other scholars will consider the rich variety of treasures assembled in the courtly collections of early modern Europe in a symposium (February 27, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m.).
The exhibition will be featured on The Met website as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter using the hashtag #MakingMarvels.
Source: The Met
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