メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「This month in honor of the 30th anniversary of the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct, we're inviting Disabled artists to respond to a work from the #MetCollection that sparks their curiosity or inspires them. Today, Michelle Miles (@michellenmiles) shares her thoughts on Joachim Friess' "Automaton in the form of Diana and the stag": "Seated poses are reiterated in portraiture across cultures, eras, and mediums—an early observation I made while exploring The Met’s galleries. Spending the past year immersed in The Met’s treasures has been instrumental in my reconceptualizing of all art as inherently subject to a disability reading. Here, the goddess Diana is seated atop of a stag, arrow in hand, arm steadied on the neck of the animal. This piece embodies the coexistence of man-made, mechanical elements with the aesthetic appeal of classical art, mythology, and elements of nature. Embellished with delicate ornamentation, the intricate automation is concealed, and gold envelopes the 'hidden wheels' which 'once moved the group forward'—a detail which, as a wheelchair user, delights me. Disability is a driving force, even if not always visible." 🎨 Joachim Friess (German, ca. 1579–1620). Automaton in the form of Diana and the stag, ca. 1620. Partially gilded silver, enamel, jewels (case); iron, wood (movement). @met_esda #MetAnywhere [Image description: A partially nude female figure sits sideways, glancing upwards with an arrow in hand atop a lavishly decorated golden stag, while a small cupid figure sits behind her. Two leashed dogs sit below the stag and an additional dog leaps ahead. The dogs are joined by an assortment of reptiles on an ornate gold base.]」7月28日 4時10分