The Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Guide
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Step inside one of the world's most celebrated cultural institutions with The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Guide, an authoritative and visually rich companion to the vast treasures held within New York City's iconic Fifth Avenue landmark. This comprehensive guide presents the museum's encyclopedic collections — spanning five thousand years of art history across more than two million works — from ancient Egyptian antiquities and Greek and Roman sculptures to European Old Masters, American decorative arts, and contemporary installations. Organised to mirror the museum's own curatorial departments, the volume instructs readers on how to navigate the sprawling galleries with clarity and purpose, ensuring that no masterpiece goes unnoticed. Beyond its practical utility, this guide stands as a testament to the Met's singular role as both a public institution and a global arbiter of artistic excellence, chronicling the stories, techniques, and cultural contexts that give each object its enduring power. The author's authoritative prose, paired with high-quality reproductions, illustrates how art across civilisations speaks a universal language — one that continues to evolve with each new acquisition and exhibition. Whether approached as a pre-visit primer or a lasting keepsake, this volume leaves the reader with an insatiable curiosity to return to those hallowed galleries and discover what they may have missed.
Author: Various
Format: Paperback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Step inside one of the world's most celebrated cultural institutions with The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Guide, an authoritative and visually rich companion to the vast treasures held within New York City's iconic Fifth Avenue landmark. This comprehensive guide presents the museum's encyclopedic collections — spanning five thousand years of art history across more than two million works — from ancient Egyptian antiquities and Greek and Roman sculptures to European Old Masters, American decorative arts, and contemporary installations. Organised to mirror the museum's own curatorial departments, the volume instructs readers on how to navigate the sprawling galleries with clarity and purpose, ensuring that no masterpiece goes unnoticed. Beyond its practical utility, this guide stands as a testament to the Met's singular role as both a public institution and a global arbiter of artistic excellence, chronicling the stories, techniques, and cultural contexts that give each object its enduring power. The author's authoritative prose, paired with high-quality reproductions, illustrates how art across civilisations speaks a universal language — one that continues to evolve with each new acquisition and exhibition. Whether approached as a pre-visit primer or a lasting keepsake, this volume leaves the reader with an insatiable curiosity to return to those hallowed galleries and discover what they may have missed.