The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide /
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide /
Introduction by Thomas P. Campbell.
- 408 pages : illustrations 25 cm
Includes index.
Provides the ideal introduction to almost six hundred essential masterpieces from one of the world's most popular and beloved museums. Features a compelling and accessible design, color reproduction and up-to-date descriptions. Contains a comprehensive view of art history spanning five millennia and the entire globe, beginning with the Ancient World, and ending with in contemporary times. Includes media as varied as painting, photography,costume,sculpture,decorative arts,musical instruments,arms and armor,works on paper, etc.. Presents works ranging from the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur to Canova's Perseus with the head of Medusa to Sargent's Medame X.
9780300179491 (yale university press (pb-flexi))
Art--New York (State)--New York
N 610 / .M567 2012
Includes index.
Provides the ideal introduction to almost six hundred essential masterpieces from one of the world's most popular and beloved museums. Features a compelling and accessible design, color reproduction and up-to-date descriptions. Contains a comprehensive view of art history spanning five millennia and the entire globe, beginning with the Ancient World, and ending with in contemporary times. Includes media as varied as painting, photography,costume,sculpture,decorative arts,musical instruments,arms and armor,works on paper, etc.. Presents works ranging from the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur to Canova's Perseus with the head of Medusa to Sargent's Medame X.
9780300179491 (yale university press (pb-flexi))
Art--New York (State)--New York
N 610 / .M567 2012
