Exhibition Tour Africa Byzantium, Met Exhibitions
Join Dr. Andrea Myers Achi, Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art in The Mets Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, for a virtual tour of Africa Byzantium. Art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire (circa 3301453), but less known are the profound artistic contributions of North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and other powerful African kingdoms whose pivotal interactions with Byzantium had a lasting impact on the Mediterranean world. Bringing together a range of masterworksfrom mosaic, sculpture, pottery, and metalwork to luxury objects, paintings, and religious manuscriptsthis exhibition recounts Africas central role in international networks of trade and cultural exchange. With artworks rarely or never before seen in public, Africa Byzantium sheds new light on the staggering artistic achievements of medieval Africa. This longoverdue exhibition highlights how the continent contributed to the development of the premodern world and offer br, br,
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