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9) Museum ABC
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
This unique and colorful picture book uses the alphabet to introduce young children to more than 100 works of art. The visual and cultural richness of this alphabet tour through the Metropolitan's Museum's collection is ideal for both children and adult readers. A fact section at the end provides more details about each piece of art and its creator.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The ninety-two selected examples are diverse in media (marble, bronze, wood, terracotta, and ivory) and size - ranging from a tiny oil lamp fantastically conceived and decorated by the Renaissance bronze sculptor Riccio to Antonio Canova's eight-foot-high Perseus with the Head of Medusa, executed in the heroic Neoclassical style. Incorporating information from the latest scholarly research and recent conservation studies, sculpture specialist Ian...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Since The Metropolitan Museum of Art's founding in New York City nearly 150 years ago, generations of artists have found boundless inspiration in its galleries. "The Artist Project" celebrates the role that great art plays in spurring creativity in the twenty-first century. Interviews with 120 international contemporary artists discussing works from The Met's collection that spark their imagination offer new insights into art, museums, and the creative...
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