Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: A Guide to the Collections - Softcover

Gillian Shallcross; Adam Tessier; Maureen Melton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878468625 ISBN 13: 9780878468621

Verlag: MFA Publications - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

This newly updated edition of the definitive guide to the MFA’s most enduring masterpieces provides an enticing introduction to a collection that circles the globe and spans thousands of years. Featuring more than 500 works of art – from Native American ceramics to European silver, Egyptian funerary arts to Warhol silkscreens, alongside world-renowned paintings and sculpture, all reproduced in vibrant colour – this guide invites readers and visitors alike to experience the surprise, delight and inspiration offered by the collections of a major museum.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Art of Collecting, Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund
Director • A Brief History of the MFA, Maureen Melton, Susan Morse Hilles Director of
Libraries and Archives and Museum Historian • 1. Art of Ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the
Near East • 2. Art of the Classical World • 3. Art of Asia • 4. Art of Oceania and Africa
5. Art of the Americas • 6. Art of Europe • 7. Art of Our Times • Figure Illustrations
Index of Artists and Works

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gilian Shallcross, Adam Tessier, Matthew Teitelbaum and Maureen Melton all work at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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This newly updated edition of the definitive guide to the MFA’s most enduring masterpieces provides an enticing introduction to a collection that circles the globe and spans thousands of years. Featuring more than 500 works of art – from Native American ceramics to European silver, Egyptian funerary arts to Warhol silkscreens, alongside world-renowned paintings and sculpture, all reproduced in vibrant colour – this guide invites readers and visitors alike to experience the surprise, delight and inspiration offered by the collections of a major museum.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MFA Publications - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0878468625
• ISBN 13: 9780878468621
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 440
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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