Pierre Terjanian Explained

Pierre Terjanian (born in Strasbourg,^[1] France) is the Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Curator in Charge of The Met Department of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Terjanian has a graduate degree in history from the Université de Metz.^[2] Prior to his tenure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art which he joined in 2012 he held the dual role of J. J. Medveckis Associate Curator of Arms and Armor and acting head of the Department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture before 1700 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.^{[3] [4]}

Terjanian is the author of The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I which accompanied and augmented the exhibition he curated at the Metropolitan Museum of Art^{[5] [6] [7]} and Princely Armor in the Age of Dürer: A Renaissance Masterpiece in the Philadelphia Museum of Art".^{[8] [9]}

In 2018 and 2019 Terjanian arranged a series of live events where hip hop dancers from New York City dance collective It's Showtime NYC founded and sponsored by the South Bronx located non-profit "Dancing in the Streets" performed in replica armor in the Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Arms and Armor Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pierre Terjanian nommé conservateur au Met. 2020-08-03. Le Quotidien de l'Art. fr.
2. Web site: Cooper. Ashton. 2012-07-19. Met Appoints Expert in Princely Armor. 2020-08-03. ARTnews.com. en-US.
3. Web site: The Embellishment of Firearms: An Art of its Own .
4. Web site: Pierre Terjanian - CCL Class of 2017. 2020-08-03. Center for Curatorial Leadership. en.
5. Web site: Kenney. Nancy. 30 October 2019. In a conservation triumph, a 15th-century tapestry highlights the age of chivalry. 2020-08-03. www.theartnewspaper.com.
6. Web site: The Last Knight by Pierre Terjanian. 2020-08-03. Yale Books UK. en.
7. News: At the Met, Heavy Metal on a Continental Scale . The New York Times . 24 October 2019 . Farago . Jason .
8. Web site: Princely Armor In The Age Of Dürer: A Renaissance Masterpiece In The Philadelphia Museum Of Art. 2020-08-03. Philadelphia Museum Of Art. en.
9. Reviewed work: Princely Armor in the Age of Dürer: A Renaissance Masterpiece in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pierre Terjanian. 43446509. Lawrence. David R.. Renaissance and Reformation. 2012. 35. 2. 182–184.
10. News: Subway Break Dancers, Clad in Armor, Go Medieval at the Met Museum . The New York Times . November 2018 . Nir . Sarah Maslin .