Alexander visiting Diogenes

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Alexander, visiting the celebrated Cynic philosopher, who lived in a tub, inquired whether there was some favor he might grant. Diogenes responded: "Get out of my sunlight." The working of the honey-colored stone in layers abets the sunlight effect nicely.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art