Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed
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From december 6 2001 to march 17 2002 |
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Ethnology and society
History
Fashion, arts & crafts
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| Over time and across cultures, manipulation of the body have occurred in a continuing evolution of the concept of beauty, through subtle visual adjustments of proportion. Costumes on display range from 16th to 20th century and are accompanied with paintings, prints, and drawings by Daumier, Rowlandson, and Vernet. |
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10028-0198 New York - États-Unis
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 | from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Friday, Saturday from 9:30 am to 9 pm
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| Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year`s Day | |
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| Admission fee : 10 $ Suggested contribution |
| Concessions : 5 $ Suggested contribution, Students, Over 55 |
| Free : Museum friends, Under 12 |
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 | | Court dress, ca. 1750, English
©The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest |
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MORE INFORMATION :
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