Mary goes to the Met.NEW YORK CITY New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its largest-ever art purchase: $45 million for Madonna and Child The Madonna and Child is one of the central icons of Christianity, representing the Madonna or Mary, mother of Jesus and her son. After some initial resistance and controversy, the formula "Mother of God" (Theotokos by the early Renaissance painter Duccio de Buoninsegna. The sum more than doubles the $20 million the Met spent in 1998 for a piece by 20th-century painter Jasper Johns. Duccio's work, to be called the Stroganoff stroganoff Noun a dish of sliced beef cooked with onions and mushrooms, served in a sour-cream sauce Also called: (beef stroganoff) [after Count Stroganoff, Russian diplomat] Madonna after its first recorded owner, is painted on wood panel in tempera and gold. We spent a long time looking at it," said Keith Christiansen, a curator at the Met. "It's not only an incredibly beautiful picture; it's also unbelievably moving. And, of course, people will be astonished a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. by how small it is." The painting is only 8 by 11 inches, about the size of a sheet of typing paper. |
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