Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paperback - Thomas Hoving

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A beautifully illustrated book showcasing masterpieces of European porcelain from The Met's renowned collection The quest to discover the process o...

This richly illustrated volume presents Greek funerary monuments from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's outstanding collection that offer insight in...

Over eight hundred examples of some of the finest Japanese sword-guards from one of the most famous museums in the word. ( In a two volume series.)

Reducere. DescriptionAn updated and expanded edition, covering the past five years of the Met Costume Institute's exhibitions and galas through the lens of V...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates 150 years by presenting its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums and its vision for the fut...

An accessibly written and superbly illustrated introduction to armor used for battle, tournament, and ceremony This engaging book offers an introdu...

An indispensable introduction to the evolution of Buddhist imagery from its origins in India through its spread to China, Japan, and South Asia For...

Innovation, technology, and spectacle combine in wondrous works of decorative art and furniture that embody the splendor and luxury of the royal co...

A completely new way of looking at and understanding Surrealism, with a focus on the worldwide sweep of the movementPublisher: Metropolitan Museum ...

This timely study of Winslow Homer highlights his imagery of the Atlantic world and reveals themes of racial, political, and natural conflict acros...

The first major exhibition catalogue to focus on Jacques Louis David's drawings and their crucial role in his iconic history paintings made before,...

Significant and iconic photographs created over the last 100 years provide an essential history and new interpretation of the medium

This career-spanning publication features conceptual, political, formal, and technical perspectives on the work of contemporary sculptor Charles Ra...

An unprecedented look at the little-known paintings from Louise Bourgeois's early years in New York that laid the groundwork for her sculptural pra...

Featuring texts by leading scholars of the history and culture of medieval Armenia, this book offers an in-depth look at its art, trade, and religi...

Reducere. DescriptionArmajani unites art and architecture, Persian calligraphy and abstract expressionism, American vernacular architecture and Russian const...

Articulating eight decades of American style through the emotive language of clothing-from celebrated designers that established the modern legacy ...

Featuring decorative, religious, and utilitarian objects from the Geometric period to the Hellenistic Age, this is the ideal introduction to Greek ...

A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo--a vast swath of Cent...

The first comprehensive look at the origins and diffusion across Europe of the etched print during the late 15th and early 16th centuries The etchi...

A look at the artistic and technical innovation of British printmaking from World War I to the eve of World War II, as artists from the Grosvenor S...

Positioning Alice Neel as a champion of civil rights, this book explores how her paintings convey her humanist politics and capture the humanity, s...

A comprehensive exploration, spanning 1, 300 years, of the art and culture of the Sahel region of Africa

Traces fashions from 1870 to the present along a conceptual, disruptive, and nontraditional timeline of fashion history Fashion not only reflects a...

"His work went beyond fashion and was a fine art." --a Charles James patron Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was re...

A penetrating reevaluation of the period in which the German Expressionist George Grosz created his best-known, most searing satirical worksPublish...

The untold modern history of the Japanese kimono and its dynamic relationship to Western culturePublisher: Metropolitan Museum of ArtAuthor(s): Mon...

The definitive showcase of the Roman art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring over 200 works highlighted with stunning photograp...

DescriptionAn accessible introduction to the quintessential art form of the Islamic worldHow to Read Islamic Calligraphy explores the preeminence o...

Nineteenth-century stoneware by enslaved and free potters living in Edgefield, South Carolina, highlights the central role of Black artists in the ...

A detailed look at the ambition and artistic legacy of Emperor Maximilian I and his passion for armor and chivalry

How Walt Disney and the Disney Studios wove the aesthetics of French decorative arts into the fairy-tale worlds of beloved animated films, from Cin...

A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garcons The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handfu...

The Whitney Museum is building itself a new home in downtown Manhattan's Meatpacking District. Due to open on May 1st, 2015, the project will subst...

DescriptionA fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history This landmar...

An engaging exploration of multidisciplinary artist Alex Da Corte's site-specific 2021 installation on The Met's Roof GardenPublisher: Metropolitan...

The first publication to examine the pioneering designer and prolific collector who led Tiffany & Co. to creative and commercial success A silversm...

A critical reexamination of Carpeaux's bust Why Born Enslaved! and other nineteenth-century antislavery images-this book interrogates the treatment...

Since shocking audiences in 1993, at age 19, with his radically sparse bras le corps, Boris Charmatz (born 1973) has emerged as one of France's lea...

Art Making with MoMA, from the educators at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents 20 interactive activities that encourage kids (and adults ...