Roman Art. A Guide through The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Collection, Paperback - Joan R. Mertens

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

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

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.)

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

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

Reducere. Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paperback

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...

This illustrated history highlights the diversity and innovation of American ceramics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as arti...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

Publisher: Asian Art Museum of San FranciscoAuthor(s): Kumja Paik KimIllustration(s): full-color illusNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2017Dim...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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