"That infinite image creates an endless echoing, which is almost dizzying and supernatural."
Curator Kim Benzel on an Assyrian relief panel.
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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer.
Photography by Bruce J. Schwarz
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Curator Kim Benzel on an Assyrian relief panel.
Explore this object:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322611
Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer.
Photography by Bruce J. Schwarz
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