A World of Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Overview

What makes a masterpiece? In this visually stunning program, the magnificence of America's premier art museum lights up the screen. One of the architectural glories of New York, the Met stretches 1000 feet along 5th Avenue. Inside is a dazzling encyclopedia of world art, radiating 5,000 years of art history from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome to Europe, African, Asia and the Americas.