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100 1 $aGalitz, Kathryn Calley,$d1964-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Metropolitan Museum of Art :$bmasterpiece paintings /$cKathryn Calley Galitz ; foreword by Thomas P. Campbell.
246 30 $aMasterpiece paintings
264 1 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bSkira :$bin association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art,$c2016.
300 $a544 pages :$bchiefly color illustrations ;$c35 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 538-539) and index.
520 $aThis monumental new book is the first to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings of one of the largest, most important, and most beloved museums in the world. This impressive volume's broad sweep of material, all from a single museum, makes it at once a universal history of painting and the ideal introduction to the iconic masterworks of this world-renowned institution. Lavish color illustrations and details of 500 masterpieces, created over 5,000 years in cultures across the globe, are presented chronologically from the dawn of civilization to the present. These works represent a grand tour of painting from ancient Egypt and classical antiquity and prized Byzantine and medieval altarpieces, to paintings from Asia, India, Africa, and the Americas and the greatest European and North American masters. This unprecedented book includes an introduction and illuminating texts about each artwork written by Kathryn Calley Galitz, whose experience as both a curator and educator at the Met makes her uniquely qualified. European and American artists include Duccio, El Greco, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Bronzino, Caravaggio, Turner, Velázquez, Goya, Rubens, Rembrandt, Brueghel, Vermeer, David, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, Degas, Sargent, Homer, Matisse, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol. For those wishing to experience the Met's unparalleled collection or to study masterpieces of painting from throughout history, this important volume is sure to become a classic cherished by art lovers around the world. -- Publisher's web site.
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700 1 $aCampbell, Thomas P.$q(Thomas Patrick),$d1962-$ewriter of foreword.
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