A walk through the American Wing / by the curators of the American Wing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing--Catalogs.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing.

Art, American--Catalogs.

Art, American.

Decorative arts.

United States.

Decorative arts--United States--Catalogs.

Art--New York (State)--New York--Catalogs.

Art.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

viii, 207 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]

Summary:

This handsome and useful volume takes us on a tour of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's renowned American Wing, which houses an unsurpassed collection of American paintings, decorative arts, richly furnished period rooms, and stunning architectural displays.

The comprehensive survey begins with colonial portraiture and then traces the emergence and development of a national fine arts tradition. There are masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and drawing as well as exquisite examples of American furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and textiles. Architectural presentations include the magnificent marble facade of the Branch Bank of the United States and the living room of a Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie-style house. Visitors to the Museum and all lovers of American art will treasure this volume, a record of the artistic achievement of the United States through the centuries.

Contents:

The Charles Engelhard Court 4

Decorative Arts 16

Paintings and Sculpture 126

Study Collections 200.

ISBN:

1588390136

0300093691

OCLC:

47844661