"The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West"
2000-10-03 until 2001-01-14
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY, USA

This unprecedented exhibition cuts across geographical and cultural boundaries to present a global view of art at the dawn of the first millennium. The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West drawn almost entirely from the Metropolitan's collection, celebrates the artistic production of such far-flung civilizations as ancient China, Imperial Rome, and the Mayans of present-day Central America. Seen together, these objects reveal not only the rich diversity but also the often surprising interconnections among the cultures that created them.

With objects spanning almost five millennia and drawn from nearly every known culture, the Metropolitan is one of the few truly encyclopedic museums in the world. Normally, these collections are displayed according to the particular region or artistic school they represent.

IMAGE:
Isis-Aphrodite,
2nd century A.D. Egypt.
Terracotta, white engobe, and paint.
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1991.

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