Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art has one of the finest collections in the Southeastern United States, with more than 24,000 objects representing a rich panorama of cultures. This beautifully illustrated new handbook highlights over 250 artworks from the Museum's collections of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art. Of particular note are the Museum's collections of Asian art; its collection of Vietnamese ceramics; the remarkable Kress collection of Renaissance and Baroque ...
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Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art has one of the finest collections in the Southeastern United States, with more than 24,000 objects representing a rich panorama of cultures. This beautifully illustrated new handbook highlights over 250 artworks from the Museum's collections of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art. Of particular note are the Museum's collections of Asian art; its collection of Vietnamese ceramics; the remarkable Kress collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the late 13th century to the 1750s; the collection of 18th-century European decorative arts, which includes superior examples of English ceramics and French furniture; and the Museum's world-renowned collection of Wedgwood, which is the largest outside England.
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VG, light edge wear. Brightly colored wraps with French flaps. 286 pp, profuse color and BW plates, including 5 fold-out plates. From the publisher--This catalog is an outstanding survey of four hundred centuries of art from one of America's leading regional museums. Published by D Giles Limited in association with the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, our new handbook is a richly illustrated souvenir to an encyclopedic collection. It highlights over 250 artworks from the Museum's holdings of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art. Beautifully illustrated, the new guidebook showcases examples of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts, as well as textiles, photographs, drawings, and architecture, split into five sections with introductory essays and over 230 entries. It fittingly celebrates our 60 years as one of the finest museums in the Southeastern United States.