Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art introduction by Philippe de Montebello ; edited by Barbara Burn

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burn, Barbara, 1940-

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

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

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

Art.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Catalogs (documents)

Catalogs

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages) color illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York Metropolitan Museum of Art ; 1993

Boston Bulfinch Press 1993

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is a living encyclopedia of world art. Cultures from every part of the world - from Florence to Thebes, from Pennsylvania to Papua, New Guinea - from the ancient world to the present, and in every medium, are represented, frequently at the highest levels of quality. This book presents over 250 of the finest masterpieces in the Metropolitan's collection, drawn from more than three million works in eighteen different curatorial departments. Some of these splendid objects, such as the Temple of Dendur, Botticelli's Annunciation, Rembrandt's Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, and Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, are very famous; others, including a rare Chinese scroll, a drawing by Michelangelo, and an ornate Turkish sword, are less well known. All are remarkable and unique. The works have been arranged in a generally chronological order by culture, beginning with ancient Egypt and ending with the twentieth century in Europe and America

Each reproduction is accompanied by a text that includes pertinent information about the work

Contents:

The ancient world

The middle ages

The renaissance

The seventeenth century in Europe

Asia

1700-1900 in Europe and the United States

Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

The twentieth century

Credits:

Introduction by Philippe de Montebello; edited by Barbara Burn

Notes:

Includes index

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2019

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Other Format:

Print version Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

OCLC:

1086346225