Met curator Luke Syson on faith in Antonio Rossellino's Madonna and Child with Angels, c. 1455-60. [2:28]

Met curator Peter Barnet on theatricality in Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere, c. 1115-20. [2:35]

Met curator Charles Little on miraculous beauty in Relief of the Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus, made in Amiens, Picardy, France. [2:24]

Met curator Bradley Strauchen-Scherer on intuition in Bartolomeo Cristofori's Grand Piano, 1720. [2:35]

Met curator Asher Miller on improvisation in Eugene Delacroix's The Abduction of Rebecca. Throughout his career, Delacroix was inspired by the novels of Sir Walter Scott, a favorite author of the French Romantics. This painting depicts a...

Met curator Andrea Bayer on liberation in Jacopo Bassano's The Baptism of Christ, c. 1590. [2:45]

Met curator Keith Christiansen on timelessness in Berlinghiero's Madonna and Child. [2:53]

Met curator Barbara Drake Boehm on the bigger picture in Plaque with Censing Angels from medieval France, c. 1170-80. [2:45]

Met curator Soyoung Lee on contemplation in Pensive Bodhisattva from Korea's Three Kingdoms period, mid-7th century. [2:42]

Met curator Dita Amory on originality in Rembrandt van Rijn's The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci, 1634-35. [2:43]

Met curator Andrew Bolton on extreme fashion in Alexander McQueen's No. 13 [Collection], spring/summer 1999. [2:27]

Met curator Donald La Rocca on cultural continuity in Saddle (gser sga) from Derge, Tibet, c. 1942-46. [2:42]