The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings

Author:   Kathryn Calley Galitz ,  Thomas P. Campbell ,  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Publisher:   Rizzoli International Publications
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9780847846597


Pages:   544
Publication Date:   13 September 2016
Format:   Hardback
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In line with best-selling The Louvre: All the Paintings (Bookscan 40,000), and Rizzoli's successful The Hermitage Collections and The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks, this title offers an exquisite tour, unique in its lavish illustration, scholarship, extent, and graceful packaging. This volume is the first large survey published in 30 years, and is the first large general survey of the Met's paintings collection. This monumental volume celebrates the greatest and most iconic paintings from the encyclopedic collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, one of the largest, most important, and most beloved museums in the world. 

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Author:   Kathryn Calley Galitz ,  Thomas P. Campbell ,  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Publisher:   Rizzoli International Publications
Imprint:   Skira Rizzoli
Dimensions:   Width: 24.60cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 34.50cm
Weight:   4.105kg
ISBN:  

9780847846597


ISBN 10:   0847846598
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   13 September 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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Succeeds magnificently in evoking a global art history presented in a way that only a physical book could accommodate: eye-filling reproductions in a stylish package of more than five hundred pages, nicely bound will delight the casual page flipper but it will also entrance art-book aficionados consistently evokes illuminating connections and gives readers room to discover them Bookforum


Succeeds magnificently in evoking a global art history presented in a way that only a physical book could accommodate: eye-filling reproductions in a stylish package of more than five hundred pages, nicely bound will delight the casual page flipper but it will also entrance art-book aficionados consistently evokes illuminating connections and gives readers room to discover them Bookforum Noting that the Met is known for its very scholarly works and exhibition and collection catalogues, Campbell said that this 'exquisite book' ought to appeal to 'a broad audience.' Shelf-awareness.com


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A scholar, author, and lecturer specializing in Euro- pean art, Kathryn Calley Galitz works at The Metro- politan Museum of Art, New York, where she has been both an educator and a curator of major international exhibitions. Thomas P. Campbell is the director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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