"Sleeping Eros" for Valentines at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Tahlib

NEW YORK---Love has taken over at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this winter featuting Eros, the Greek god of love. In "Sleeping Eros", January 29–June 23, 2012, the museum presents the results of a recent study of the Metropolitan’s bronze statue, utilizing scientific and technical analyses as well as art-historical research, which supports its identification as a Hellenistic bronze but one that was restored in antiquity, likely during the Roman Imperial period. The Greek god of love, was capable of overpowering the minds of all gods and mortals, and the most innovative and influential representation of Eros during the Hellenistic and the Roman periods was of Eros sleeping. What better place to spend Valentines Day? Happy Valentine's Day A&O!