{"id":13263,"date":"2026-09-02T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=13263"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:39:54","slug":"alberto-giacometti-at-the-met-museums-temple-of-dendur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/02\/alberto-giacometti-at-the-met-museums-temple-of-dendur\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto Giacometti at the Met Museum&#8217;s Temple of Dendur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over two thousand years ago, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/giacometti-in-the-temple-of-dendur\">Met Museum<\/a>\u2019s Temple of Dendur was a site of worship where cult statues were brought outdoors from the dark recesses of the temple to the terrace during religious festivals.\u00a0 In lieu of a sculpture representing a deity from the Egyptian pantheon, a 1932 bronze sculpture by Swiss artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondation-giacometti.fr\/en\">Alberto Giacometti<\/a> currently stands just inside the temple\u2019s porch, one of several pieces on loan from the Paris-based Giacometti Foundation.\u00a0 Walking Woman (I) stands stiffly upright, one foot slightly ahead of the other in a pose familiar from Egyptian and Greek sculptures that the artist studied in Paris.\u00a0 (On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side through Sept 8<sup>th<\/sup>.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 3971px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/fe563929-37f2-f7e3-60b7-b9ccf3a0356a.jpg\" alt=\"A sculpture of a slim female figure stands between two temple columns.\" width=\"3971\" height=\"5414\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alberto Giacometti, Walking Woman (I), bronze, 1932.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over two thousand years ago, the Met Museum\u2019s Temple of Dendur was a site of worship where cult statues were brought outdoors from the dark recesses of the temple to the terrace during religious festivals.\u00a0 In lieu of a sculpture representing a deity from the Egyptian pantheon, a 1932 bronze sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto &hellip; 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