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Horses Across Cultures: Power, Movement, and Majesty
Horses Across Cultures: Power, Movement, and Majesty
From Tang dynasty tomb guardians to Romantic paintings to modern sculpture—how artists captured the horse's grace, strength, and symbolic power across three thousand years and three continents
15 minutes
3 stops
Begin in Asian Art on Floor 2 with a Tang dynasty funerary sculpture, then move through European galleries to see a Romantic-era horsewoman, and conclude with a groundbreaking bronze study of equine motion by Degas.
Galleries: 207 → 801 → 814