page_title: Dallas Museum of Art
section_title: Ancient Mediterranean
hierarchical_section_title: Dallas Museum of Art / Collections / Ancient Mediterranean
caption_attribution_description: English: Sculpture: Takenouchi no Sukune Meets the Dragon King of the Sea (1879-81). Japanese, Meiji Period, Bronze.
context_page_description: The Dallas Museum of Art is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In 1984, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Arts District. The new building was designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, the 2007 winner of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.
  The museum collection is made up of more than 24,000 objects, dating from the third millennium BC to the present day. It is known for its dynamic exhibition policy and educational programs. The Mildred R. and Frederick M. Mayer Library contains over 50,000 volumes available to curators and the general public. With 159,000 square feet of exhibition spaces, it is one of the largest art museums in the United States.
context_section_description: The Dallas Museum of Art collection of Ancient Mediterranean art includes Cycladic, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, and Apulian objects. Highlights of Egyptian art is a painted limestone Relief of a Procession of Offering Bearers from the Tomb of Ny-Ank-Nesut from 2575-2134 BC. The more extensive Greek collection includes a marble Figure of a man from a funerary relief from 300 BC, bronze sculptures, decorative objects, and gold jewelry. The art of ancient Rome is represented by a Figure of a woman from the 2nd century AD and a marble sarcophagus carved in high relief with a battle scene, c. 190 AD.
caption: Takenouchi no Sukune Meets the Dragon King of the Sea, Japanese, Meiji period, 1879–81
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