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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide offers a fascinating journey through the vast collections of one of the world's premier art museums. It provides insights and vibrant illustrations that explore the diversity of art spanning over centuries and cultures. This guide serves as an indispensable companion for both first-time visitors and seasoned art enthusiasts, showcasing highlights and masterpieces from the museum's extensive exhibitions.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by art, culture, and history, as it provides an insightful journey through one of the world's most renowned museums. It's perfect for art enthusiasts, travellers, and anyone eager to explore artistic masterpieces and collections from around the globe.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide

Featuring beautiful color reproductions and enlightening descriptions, this is the definitive guide to one of the largest, and most beloved, collections of art in the world

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Featuring beautiful colour reproductions and enlightening descriptions, this is the definitive guide to one of the largest, and most beloved, collections of art in the world.

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 armour, 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 revised edition 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.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781588397003

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 June 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illustration: 600 color illus.

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Max Hollein

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 171.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 456

About the Author

Max HolleinΒ is the director ofΒ The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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