If you are an art lover then this might be of your interest. New York’s Metropolitan Museum has opened its new south gallery, housing a vastly expanded display of Greek and Roman antiquities.
The galleries showcase the museum’s vast collections of Hellenistic, Etruscan, South Italian and Roman art; much of it is unseen in New York for generations. In the museum there is a vast room called the study collection.
Among the gems are an entire bronze Etruscan chariot from the 6th century BC, fresco panels from the bedroom of Boscoreale, the intricately carved marble Badminton Sarcophagus showing Dionysus seated on a panther and two statues of Hercules. There are more world class collections than most of us ever imagined.
The museum has also published a new book to document the galleries called Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the edition is priced at $65. Admission charges are $20.
Source: gridskipper
