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A Time of Crisis: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 78, no. 2 (Fall 2020)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 78 | NUMBER 2

A Time of Crisis

Alteveer, Ian, Barbara Drake Boehm, Iria Candela, Keith Christiansen, Adam Eaker, Mia Fineman, Shanay Jhaveri, Alisa LaGamma, Donald J. La Rocca, James Moske, Denise Murrell, Andrea Myers Achi, Keith Prewitt, Jeff L. Rosenheim, and Andrew Solomon
2020
48 pages
41 illustrations
This title is in print.
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This special issue of the Bulletin reflects on some of the crises gripping our world in the present moment, including the catastrophic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing tragedy of racial injustice. Voices from The Metropolitan Museum of Art present their personal perspectives on issues and challenges facing us all while connecting these difficult times to art, artists, and the Museum’s history. Conceived and written during the Museum’s unprecedented closure, this compelling publication reflects on art’s power to inspire, comfort, and heal.

Met Art in Publication

[Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900], Shivshanker Narayen Indian, Albumen silver prints from glass negatives and gelatin silver prints
[Scenes of the Plague in Bombay, 1896–97, and the Indian Famine, 1899–1900]
Shivshanker Narayen
1896–1900
Letters from Home, Zarina American, born India, Portfolio of woodcut chine collé and metalcut chine collé on paper
Letters from Home
Zarina
2004
Seated Figure, Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization
Seated Figure
13th century
The Sorrow of Radha, folio from the Tehri Garhwal series of the Gita Govinda , Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, India, Punjab Hills, kingdom of Kangra or Guler
The Sorrow of Radha, folio from the Tehri Garhwal series of the Gita Govinda
ca. 1775–80
Attorney Street (Handball Court with Autobiographical Poem by Piñero), Martin Wong American, Oil on canvas
Attorney Street (Handball Court with Autobiographical Poem by Piñero)
Martin Wong
1982–84
Fragment from a Coptic Hanging, Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry-weave
Fragment from a Coptic Hanging
5th century
Bowl with Interior Geometric Decoration, Earthenware, slip decoration, Coptic
Bowl with Interior Geometric Decoration
4th–7th century
Morton Schamberg, Morton Schamberg American, Gelatin silver print
Morton Schamberg
Morton Schamberg
ca. 1912
[View of Rooftops], Morton Schamberg American, Gelatin silver print
[View of Rooftops]
Morton Schamberg
1917
Doylestown House—The Stove, Charles Sheeler American, Gelatin silver print
Doylestown House—The Stove
Charles Sheeler
1917
Portrait Mask (Gba gba), Wood, Baule peoples
Portrait Mask (Gba gba)
before 1913
Portrait Mask (Mblo), Baule artist Baoulé, Wood, pigment, Baule
Portrait Mask (Mblo)
Baule artist
late 19th–early 20th century
Sachihongo Mask, Wood, pigment(?), Mbunda peoples
Sachihongo Mask
19th–early 20th century
Face Mask (Gunye Ge), A Yakouba carver, Wood, pigment, kaolin, Dan peoples
Face Mask (Gunye Ge)
A Yakouba carver
19th–20th century
Margaret Roper (Margaret More, 1505–1544), Hans Holbein the Younger German, Vellum laid on playing card
Margaret Roper (Margaret More, 1505–1544)
Hans Holbein the Younger
1535–36
Portrait of a Young Man, Probably Robert Devereux (1566–1601), Second Earl of Essex, Nicholas Hilliard British, Vellum laid on card
Portrait of a Young Man, Probably Robert Devereux (1566–1601), Second Earl of Essex
Nicholas Hilliard
1588
Helmet of the Italo-Chalcidian Type, Anatomical Cuirass, and Left Greave, Bronze, silver, Etruscan, probably Vulci
Helmet of the Italo-Chalcidian Type, Anatomical Cuirass, and Left Greave
late 5th–4th century BCE
American Helmet Model No. 5, Hale & Kilburn Company American, Steel, paint, leather, textile, string, American, Philadelphia
American Helmet Model No. 5
Hale & Kilburn Company
1918
Helmet (rmog), Iron, gold, silver, copper, Mongolian
Helmet (rmog)
15th–17th century
Self-Portrait, Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. American, Watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on paper
Self-Portrait
Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr.
ca. 1941
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Polizzotti, Mark, ed. 2020. A Time of Crisis. New York, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.