The New
York State Legislature granted the Metropolitan Museum of Art an Act of
Incorporation on April 13, 1870 "for the purpose of establishing and
maintaining in said City a Museum and Library of Art, of encouraging and
developing the Study of the Fine Arts, and the application of Art to
manufacture and natural life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred
subjects, and to that end of furnishing popular instruction and
recreations". This legislation was supplemented later by the 1893 Act,
Chapter 476, which required that its collections "shall be kept open and
accessible to the public free of all charge throughout the year." The
founders included businessmen and financiers, as well as leading artists and
thinkers of the day, who wanted to open a museum to bring art and art education
to the American people.
The
permanent collection consists of works of art from classical antiquity and
ancient Egypt, paintings, and sculptures from nearly all the European masters,
and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met maintains
extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanian, Byzantine, and Islamic art. The
museum is home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes,
and accessories, as well as antique weapons and armor from around the world.
Several notable interiors, ranging from 1st-century Rome through modern
American design, are installed in its galleries.
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 for the purposes of opening a
museum to bring art and art education to the American people. It opened on
February 20, 1872, and was originally located at 681 Fifth Avenue.
Wim
Mertens (born 14 May 1953) is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor
vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist. Mertens'
style has continually evolved during the course of his prolific career,
starting from downright experimental and avant-garde, always gravitating around
minimalism, usually, however, preserving a melodic foundation to the forays
that he makes into the worlds that he is exploring. His compositional quality
has often overweighted the "labelling issue" and reached wider
audiences although stemming from a far-from-mainstream musical.
Maximizing The Audience is the first solo
release of Belgian multi-instrumentalist and composer Wim Mertens, after he
dropped the group name Soft Verdict. The album was composed for the play The
Power of Theatrical Madness by Jan Fabre and premiered in Venice on June 11,
1984
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