Why Man Creates. Man - The Measure of all Things.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloomsbury Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied art.

Drawing and illustration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

Guidance Associates. 1986.

Biography/History:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States. With 7.06 million visitors to its three locations in 2016, it was the third most visited art museum in the world, and the fifth most visited museum of any kind. .

Summary:

Using great works of art and selected passages from literature, this program helps students understand why the history of art is the history of civilization. Students trace people's continuing efforts to express themselves and their concepts of God, life, beauty, joy, order and identity through art. Based on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Centennial Exhibition, "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries." .

Credits:

Director, Susan Anderson.

ISBN:

9781350916579

OCLC:

1356504413

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.