N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses one of the world's premier collections of Oceanic art. Published in celebration of the opening of the Metropolitan's newly reinstalled galleries for the arts of Oceania, this generously illustrated volume provides an introduction to the region's rich artistic heritage through more than two hundred master-works from the Museum's collection. An overview of Oceanic art and a history of the Metropolitan's collection...
Author
Pub. Date
[1986]
Description
"VAN GOGH IN SAINT-RÉMY AND AUVERS is the sequel to the highly acclaimed exhibition catalogue Van Gogh in Arles. The seventy paintings, eighteen drawings, and one etching selected for the present volume -- drawn from public and private collections throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia for exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- include some of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous images. Remarkable for their intensity and clarity of...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Description
"Go on a trip through the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art without ever leaving your home! Prepare to explore the treasures of the world's civilizations--from ancient Egyptian amulets, Mayan jewelry, and prehistoric tools--to Medieval tapestries, Renaissance suits of armor, and modern-day baseball cards. Each page brings you closer to the past as you learn about the people of different ages through the objects they left behind"--
Pub. Date
[1979]
Description
"The first centuries of the Christian Era were ones of extraordinary upheaval: the great traditions of the classical world were transformed by dramatic changes in the political and social structure, by continual warfare against invaders, and by the growing influence of the nascent religion Christianity. The trend of this period has been interpreted by some historians as the decline of civilization, but it is represented by its art as a time of cultural...