The Metropolitan Museum of Art "82nd & Fifth": one work, one curator, two minutes at a time

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has started a new online series "82nd & Fifth".  Every Wednesday throughout 2013 new episodes will appear online where curators will talk about art that has changed the way they see the world.

The first episodes appeared this week and they include the following:

Faith 
episode #1 - Luke Syson
Antonio Rossellino
Madonna and Child with Angels

Modern Living 
episode #2 - Amelia Peck
Frank Lloyd Wright Living Room

String Theory
episode #3 - Jason Kerr Dobney
Hermann Hauser Guitar
This also includes clips of an Andres Segovia interview where he plays and discusses the guitar Hauser built for him

Prime of Life 
episode #4 - Alisa LaGamma
Seated Female Figure from a Reliquary

Winners and Losers 
episode #5 - Xavier Salomon
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Triumph of Manus

Altered States
episode #6 - Nadine Orenstein
Rembrandt
Christ Crucified Between The Two Thieves: The Three Crosses

Choose to watch, explore, view chronological outlines of the works of art or view a spatial, geographical outline.

For a sample of art from past years, take a look at Connections (curator's picks from 2011)

Following is the preview video of 85th & Fifth