Brief Amicus Curiae Filed in Konowaloff v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10-Cv-9126 (United Stated District Court Southern District of New York), of the Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies, Michael Berenbaum, Christian Defrancia, Edward M. Gaffney, Jr., Gregory S. Gordon, Michael J. Kelly, Jordan J. Paust, Pammela A. Saunders, Krista Sigler, Ronald G. Suny, and Fritz Wienschenk, in Support of Plaintiff

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Anglim Kreder ◽  
Lucille A. Roussin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
District Court ◽  
Metropolitan Museum ◽  
Amicus Curiae ◽  
Metropolitan Museum Of Art ◽  
Genocide Studies ◽  
Southern District

On white marble half-lotus meditation statues carved in Wuding Era of the Eastern Wei Dynasty

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-194
Author(s):  
Hyun-Sook So
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Metropolitan Museum ◽  
White Marble ◽  
City Area ◽  
Metropolitan Museum Of Art ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Made In ◽  
Wei Dynasty

Abstract In 2012, large amounts of white marble Buddhist statues of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties were unearthed from the Buddhist sculpture hoard at Bei Wuzhuang in Ye City Site. This paper makes a comparative study on a bodhisattva statue in meditation seated in half-lotus posture (resting right ankle on the knee of pendent left leg and holding right hand upward) among them and another sculpture of the same type and made in the same period unearthed at the Xiude Monastery site in Dingzhou; from the double-tree, stupa and coiling dragon designs shown by them, this paper explores the commonalities and differences of the Buddhist arts in these two areas. Moreover, this paper reveals that this motif emerged earlier in the Ye City area than in the Dingzhou area, and diffused to the latter after it became popular in the Ye City area. By these conclusions, this paper infers that the white marble meditating statue seated in half-lotus position with the date of the second year of Wuding Era (544 CE) in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA was produced in Ye City area.

The museum's mummies: an inside view

1970 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David T Miniberg
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Metropolitan Museum ◽  
Noninvasive Technique ◽  
Metropolitan Museum Of Art ◽  
Cat Scan ◽  
Museum Staff ◽  
Inside View

We have performed CAT scan imaging of the thirteen mummies in the New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This noninvasive technique allowed us to ascertain the age (+/- 5 years), the height and the sex of these individuals. In two cases we were able to establish the cause of death – one man dying as the result of trauma and one woman dying of sepsis secondary to an abscess in the mandible. We discovered two necklaces of amulets on one of the mummies and integrating the CAT scan images, we were able to identify the amulets. These two necklaces had previously been unknown to the museum staff. In one instance, the museum has the encaustic portrait mask in place on the mummy itself, so we were able to compare the portrait with the CAT scan image of the mummy and establish that in this particular case the image was a true portrait rather than an idealized portrayal of the person.

Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.

1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-568
Author(s):  
Carlos M. Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
District Court ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Law Of Nations ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Argentine Republic ◽  
Federal Jurisdiction

Plaintiffs and respondents, Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. and United Carriers, Inc., were respectively the charterer and owner of the Hercules, a crude oil tanker that was bombed in international waters by Argentine military aircraft during the war over the Malvinas or Falkland Islands. The ship was severely damaged and had to be scuttled off the coast of Brazil. After unsuccessfully seeking relief in Argentina, the companies filed suit against defendant and appellant, the Argentine Republic, in the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs argued that the federal courts had jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Statute (28 U.S.C. §1350 (1982)), which confers federal jurisdiction over “any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.” The district court dismissed the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (28 U.S.C. §§1330, 1602-1611 (1982)) (FSIA) is by its terms the sole basis of federal jurisdiction over cases against foreign states. A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed. The Supreme Court (per Rehnquist, C.J.) unanimously reversed the Second Circuit and held that the FSIA provides the exclusive basis of federal jurisdiction over suits against foreign states.

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