"Something which is profoundly beautiful on a human level has the capacity to transport beyond daily experience."
Curator Luke Syson on Antonio Rossellino's sculptural relief "Madonna and Child with Angels."
Featured artwork:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/192716
Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.
Photography by Joseph Coscia
Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum?sub_confirmation=1
#TheMet #ArtExplained #Art
How beauty can inspire faith
"Something which is profoundly beautiful on a human level has the capacity to transport beyond daily experience."
2 min. watch
More from The Met
Explore the biography of the famed Renaissance artist through a selection of extraordinary works.
Caroline Elenowitz-Hess
March 23
Spectrum of Desire co-curators Melanie Holcomb and Nancy Thebaut discuss sensuality and sexuality in Medieval art.
Lina Palazzo
March 18
Wrathful images of the divine in South Asia are meant to protect and nurture, not to be feared.
Vaishnavi Patil
March 9
Art Mentioned
A slider containing 1 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Antonio Rossellino
ca. 1455–60