Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870994387
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Notable Acquisitions, 1984-1985
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870994387
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: David G. AlexanderPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395707
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Armor and weaponry were central to Islamic culture not only as a means of conquest and the spread of the faith, but also as symbols of status, wealth, and power. The finest arms were made by master craftsmen working with the leading designers, goldsmiths, and jewelers, whose work transformed utilitarian military equipment into courtly works of art. This book reveals the diversity and artistic quality of one of the most important and encyclopedic collections of its kind in the West. The Metropolitan Museum's holdings span ten centuries and include representative pieces from almost every Islamic culture from Spain to the Caucasus. The collection includes rare early works, among them the oldest documented Islamic sword, and is rich in helmets and body armor, decorated with calligraphy and arabesques, that were worn in Iran and Anatolia in the late fifteenth century. Other masterpieces include a jeweled short sword (yatagan) with a blade of "watered" steel that comes from the court of Süleyman the Magnificent, a seventeenth-century gold-inlaid armor associated with Shah Jahan, and two gold-inlaid flintlock firearms belonging to the guard of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Presenting 126 objects, each handsomely photographed and richly documented with a detailed description and discussion of its technical, historical, and artistic importance, this overview of the Met's holdings is supplemented by an introductory essay on the formation of the collection, and appendixes on iconography and on Turkman-style armor.
Notable Acquisitions, 1983-1984
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870993879
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392406
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
German Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350-1600
Author: Maryan W. AinsworthPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Paintings by Renaissance masters Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht Durer, and Hans Holbein the Younger are among the works featured in this lavish volume, the first to comprehensively study the largest collection of early German paintings in America. These works, created in the 14th through 16th centuries in the region that comprises present-day Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, include religious images - such as "Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" by Durer and the double-sided altarpiece "The Dormition of the Virgin" by Hans Schaufelein - as well as remarkable portraits by Holbein and the iconic "Judgment of Paris" by Cranach. In all, more than 70 works are thoroughly discussed and analyzed, making this volume an incomparable resource for the study of this rich artistic period.
Mirror of the Medieval World
Author: Barbara Drake BoehmPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870997858
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The publication of this comprehensive catalogue celebrates the distinguished career of William D. Wixom at the Metropolitan. Highlighted in these pages are more than three hundred purchases and gifts, the great majority of which have been on view but many of which have remained unpublished until now. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588393704
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This publication presents a comprehensive catalogue of the works by Pablo Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum. Comprising 34 paintings, 59 drawings, 12 sculptures and ceramics, and more than 400 prints, the collection reflects the full breadth of the artist's multi-sided genius as it asserted itself over the course of his long career.
American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Amelia PeckPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870995928
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Catalogs the Museum's quilt and coverlet collection and discusses the history of the quiltmaker's art
THE CLOISTERS.
Author: Elizabeth C. ParkerPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870996355
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Recent Acquisitions
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870994786
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description