Statues of the Three Graces from the second century A.D., foreground, and Venus first or second century A.D., center, are among the Roman works featured in the refurbished spaces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)

Among the works in the new galleries are a pair of Greek serpentine armbands in gold (about 200 B.C.). (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A fresco from a villa near Pompeii (50-40 B.C.) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A sixth century B.C. boar’s head would fit at the base of an Etruscan chariot (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A marble portrait head of the emperor Constantine (325-370) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A view of the Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, which features Roman sculpture, portraits and funerary art. This skylighted space is the centerpiece of the new galleries (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)

Among the Greek works is a column, center, from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A sandaled foot, made mostly of ivory, that was once part of a Roman statue (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A small bronze Greek statue of a veiled and masked dancer (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

A tessellated floor pattern with a center panel of a woman representing spring and, left, a marble bust of a man from the Flavian period (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)

Lire l'article de MICHAEL KIMMELMAN "Classical Treasures, Bathed in a New Light" et voir la vidéo de la visite guidée: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/arts/design/20anci.html?ex=1334721600&en=d719c4ecc2752f72&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss