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DK Publishing The Met Board Book Set
52.94 USD
Art gifts for kids inspired by The Met collection. Immerse your little ones in the enriching world of art with these four board books published in collaboration with DK. The set, including The Met Colors: A Colorful Book of Art, The Met Black and White: A High Contrast Book of Art, The Met 123: A Counting Book of Art, and The Met ABC: An Alphabet Book of Art, introduces young kids to beloved artworks at the Museum, and teaches both observational and memory skills through fun activities.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now
72.95 USD
Met Museum publications make the perfect gifts for art lovers. By Akili Tommasino With contributions by Andrea Myers Achi, Erykah Badu, Makeda Best, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Awol Erizku, Lauren Halsey, Iman Issa, Solange Knowles, Mia Matthias, Julie Mehretu, Kai Mora, Jennifer Newsom, Matthew Shenoda, and Fred Wilson From the late nineteenth century onward, Black Americans looked to ancient Egypt as evidence of a preeminent ancient culture from the African continent. Flight into Egypt traces ancient Egypt's influence on artists, from Edmonia Lewis's sculpture The Death of Cleopatra (1876) to the efflorescence of Afrocentric visual art during the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and artistic tendencies of the ensuing decades. This volume explores how Black artists, writers, and musicians-and modern and contemporary Egyptian artists-have employed ancient Egyptian imagery to craft a unifying identity. Authors bring to light the overlooked contributions of Black scholars to the study of ancient Egypt, while statements by contemporary Black and Egyptian artists illuminate ancient Egypt's continued hold on the creative imagination. Akili Tommasino is Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art.