“Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas” at The Met Cloisters
Mario Naves | Too Much Art | 14th August 2026
Up to about 1500CE, European artists imagined mythical creatures that combine features of animals and humans. Such imaginings were an attempt to explain the known world and express spiritual visions. In the Americas, completely independently, hybrid creatures were similarly being imagined that linked the human and the divine. These are beautiful and provocative objects, “a sampler of greater ventures hopefully to come.” Images are here.