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[armthearmour]

A beautifully blued, silvered, and gilt elbow Gauntlet,

Length: 21.5 in/54.6 cm

Germany, late 16th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[silkdamask-blog]

Pulling some favorites from my virtual closet and this gown is in the category of OMG dresses! Austrian court dress of silk, metallic thread & glass, 1892–93. Made by Viennese dressmakers "Wilhelm Jungmann & Neffe, Wien." From the Metropolitan Museum Acc.#1978.486

[rihannarobynfenty]

Rih announces her 3rd pregnancy at met gala 2025

[lecabinetdeconstance]

Two Men Before a Waterfall at Sunset, Johan Christian Dahl, 1823, Oil on Canvas, part of The Soul of Nature at the MET.

[roblox-updates]

obsessed with the metmuseum's new exhibit, the way they're showcasing art as a window into the human experience is everything, the Rogers Fund is really pushing the boundaries of what we consider aesthetic, it's not just about looks it's about the emotions and thoughts evoked, the credit line is everything, acknowledging the creators and preserving the history, art is so much more than just a pretty picture

[paganimagevault]

Sassanid sword with two straps 7th C. CE. Medium: Blade: iron; scabbard and hilt: gold over wood, garnets, glass-paste; guard: gilt-bronze. Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 40 9/16 × 15/16 in. (8 × 103 × 2.4 cm). Accession Number: 65.28a, b.

"Kings of the Sasanian period (224–651 A.D.) are almost always depicted with a sword suspended from the belt, a motif appropriate to the victor in combat. This iron sword with a gold-covered wooden scabbard is a splendid example of the type adopted by the Sasanians from the Hunnish nomads who roamed Europe and Asia in the sixth and seventh centuries, shortly before the beginning of the Islamic era. It has a long and narrow grip with two finger rests, and the scabbard has a pair of P-shaped projections to which two straps of different lengths were originally attached. The straps held the sword suspended from the warrior's belt in such a way that it could easily be drawn even by a warrior on horseback.

The sword itself is inlaid with garnets and glass, and a pattern of overlapping feathers decorates the surface. That a similar pattern can be seen on the helmet of a Sasanian warrior has led scholars to suggest it may be symbolic of the Zoroastrian God of victory, Verethragna. Several other swords of this type are known, some mounted in gold, some in silver. Stylistically and technically, they are all very similar, although the present example is by far the most elaborate of the group."

-taken from Met Museum

[thatsbutterbaby]

Shield. He Nupa Wanica/ Joseph No Two Horns Hunkpapa Lakota/ Teton Sioux, ca. 1885. .

After buffalo were hunted to near extinction in the late nineteenth century as part of the United States’ expansion tactics, Great Plains men transitioned from celebrating their feats of bravery with pictorial compositions on buffalo skins to using commercially available fabric and paper. The courageous warrior No Two Horns notably fought in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn. Here, he portrays a bird with lightning or power emanating from its wings to protect the warrior. He also painted these powerful lines on his face and his horse’s body in self-portraits. Though he made later versions of this shield on muslin, this hide is a rare original.

[bagdemagus]

Prayer bead with the Crucifixion and Jesus before Pilate Boxwood Netherlandish, carved early 1500s

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 17.190.474a, b)