16. Marble and Stone at the Met

For my final post from the Met, I will show you some of the incredible sculptures "scattered" throughout this wonderful museum ...

Of course there were sculptures from every era of mankind - hundreds - but I have published just a few chosen favourites - mainly European ... 

Andromeda and the Sea Monster - Domenico Guidi - marble - Italian - 1694

 Stela of a Four-Armed Vishnu - India ( Punjab ) - sandstone - 10th Century  

Christ the Redeemer - Antonio Novelli - Italian ( Florence ) - marble -  1650

Ugolino and His Sons - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux - France ( Paris ) - marble - 1857

Virgin and Child - alabaster - South Netherlands - 1345

 

Latona and her children Apollo and Diana - William Henry Rinehart - USA - marble - 1870

 

The Babes in the Wood - Thomas Crawford - USA - marble - 1852

 

Seated Royal Garuda - India - granite - 8th Century 

Posthumous Portrait of a Queen as Parvati - Java - andesite - 14th Century

 

The Half-Male, Half-Female Form of Shiva - Cambodia - stone - 9th Century

 

Headless Female Figure - Cambodia - stone - 9th Century

 

Dionysos leaning on a Female Figure - Roman - marble - 27 BC

 

A Member of the Imperial Family - Roman - marble - 60 BC

 

Sarcophagus - Roman - marble - 2nd Century

 

A Youthful Hercules - Roman - marble - 70 BC ... and his 21st Century admirer

 

Bust of unknown Nobleman - Roman - marble - 60 BC

 

Statue of an Unknown Woman - Roman - marble - 2nd Century

 

Statue of Tyche-Fortuna - Roman - marble - 2nd Century 

Temperance - Giovanni Caccini - Italian - marble - 1580  

 

Orpheus - Cristoforo Stati - Italian - marble - 16th Century

 

Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children - Gian Lorenzo Bernini - marble - 17th Century 

David with head of slain Goliath - Italian - marble - 17th Century

 

Sappho - Comte Prosper D'Epinay - Rome - marble 1895 

 

Venus - Antonio Canova - Italian - marble - 1822

 

Paris - Antonio Canova - Italian - marble - 1820

 

The Nymph of Dampierre - Louis-Claude Vasse - French - marble - 1763

 

The Fear of Cupid's Darts - Jean-Louis Lemoyne - French - marble - 1740 

 

Andromeda and the Sea Monster - Domenico Guidi - Italian - marble - 1694

 

Struggle of the Two Natures in Man - George Gray Barnard - French - marble - 1892

 

Clytie - William Henry Rinehart - USA - marble - 1870

 

The Libyan Sybil - William Wetmore Story - USA - marble - 1861

 

Cleopatra - William Wetmore Story - USA - marble - 1869

 

Well that's it from the Met - unless of course I go back again before I leave NYC and discover a new gallery or three !!!

 

My only disappointment with the Met - and with all galleries that I have visited so far - is that I can find nothing from Australia - ancient Indigenous through to contemporary - nothing. Lots from New Guinea and pacific Islands, but not a hair from Oz. And considering the wonderful art that Australians have produced over the past 40,000 years, I find that a great shame.

 

But I forgive her and still love her dearly - this extraordinary museum of mankind.

 

Don't know where I'll take you tomorrow - maybe to the top of something tall !!! ... do please check in though. In Just a couple of weeks I have had over 1000 hits to this blog - so I do thank all my readers for following me on my wild adventure.