This completely reconceived and rewritten guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's encyclopedic holdings-the first new edition of the guidebook in nearly thirty years-provides the ideal introduction to almost 600 essential masterpieces from one of the world's most popular and beloved art collections. It features a compelling and accessible design, beautiful color reproductions, and up-to-date descriptions written by the Museum's own experts. More than a simple souvenir book, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide provides a ...
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This completely reconceived and rewritten guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's encyclopedic holdings-the first new edition of the guidebook in nearly thirty years-provides the ideal introduction to almost 600 essential masterpieces from one of the world's most popular and beloved art collections. It features a compelling and accessible design, beautiful color reproductions, and up-to-date descriptions written by the Museum's own experts. More than a simple souvenir book, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide provides a comprehensive view of art history spanning five millennia and the entire globe, beginning with the Ancient World and ending in contemporary times. It includes media as varied as painting, photography, costume, sculpture, decorative arts, musical instruments, arms and armor, works on paper, and many more. Presenting works ranging from the ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur to Canova's Perseus with the Head of Medusa to Sargent's Madame X, this is an indispensable volume for lovers of art and art history, and for anyone who has ever dreamed of lingering over the most iconic works in the Metropolitan's unparalleled collection. Now available as an eBook! The guide is now available to read on your tablet, mobile phone or personal computer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide eBook provides the same features as the printed version along with digital enhancements such as a linked table of contents for easy navigation, a double-click to zoom on works of art, and additional views of artworks. Like the print version, this eBook features a compelling and accessible design, beautiful photography, and up-to-date descriptions written by the Museum's own experts. The eBook is now available on Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks and Google Play. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Distributed by Yale University Press
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Very good. Ex-library. Flex-binding. 408 pages: illustrations; 25 cm LCCN 2011052626 Type of material Book Corporate name Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y. ) Main title The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide / Introduction by Thomas P. Campbell. Published/Created New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Distributed by Yale University Press, [2012] Description 408 pages: illustrations; 25 cm ISBN 9781588394552 (the metropolitan museum of art (pb-flexi)) 9780300179491 (yale university press (pb-flexi)) LC classification N610. A6744 2012 LC Subjects Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y. )--Catalogs. Art--New York (State)--New York--Catalogs. Notes Includes index. Dewey class no. 708.147/1 Geographic area code n-us-ny Content type text still image Media type unmediated Carrier type volume
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