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Decorative Arts

European Porcelain In The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Munger Jeffrey, Sullivan Elizabeth

ISBN: HB: 9781588396433, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2018
312 pp., 30.5x21.6 cm, 321 colour illus.

The quest to discover the process of making porcelain was one of the defining aspects of post-Renaissance Europe, and it had significant artistic, technical, and commercial ramifications. This beautifully illustrated book showcases ninety works, span...

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Contemporary Art

Birds of a Feather Joseph Cornell's Homage to Juan Gris

McKinley Mary Clare

ISBN: PB: 9781588396273, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2018
96 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, 50 colour and black&white illus.

An insightful study of Joseph Cornell's fascination with the Cubist painter Juan Gris, shedding new light on the work of both artists. Joseph Cornell first viewed Cubist painter Juan Gris's "The Man at the Cafe" in October 1953. This visual encounte...

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Photography

Irving Penn Centennial

Morris Hambourg Maria, Rosenheim Jeff L., Dennett Alexandra, Garner Philippe, Kirsch Adam, Prins Harald E. L., Zatse Vasilios

ISBN: HB: 9781588396181, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
372 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 365 colour illus.

Irving Penn (1917-2009) was among the most esteemed and influential photographers of the 20th century. Over the course of a nearly seventy-year career, he mastered a pared-down aesthetic of studio photography that is distinguished for its meticulous...

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History of Art

Indian Court Painting The Kronos Collection

McInerney Terence, Kossak Steven M.

ISBN: HB: 9781588395900, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2016
272 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 200 colour illus.

This splendidly illustrated publication features over 90 important paintings from the predominantly Hindu Rajput tradition of Indian painting, and are highlights from the Kronos Collection, one of the finest holdings of Indian art. These remarkable w...

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History of Art

Music

Musical Instruments Highlights from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Moore J. Kenneth, Dobney Jayson, Strauchen-Scherer E. Bradley

ISBN: PB: 9781588395627, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2015
192 pp., 24.1x21.6 cm, 175 colour illus.

Featuring more than 100 extraordinary pieces from around the world and spanning thousands of years, this book displays the astounding diversity of musical instruments. Highlights include Bronze Age cymbals, the earliest known piano, violins made by S...

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Contemporary Art

Stieglitz and His Artists Matisse to O'Keeffe

Mintz Messinger Lisa, Dabrowski Magdalena, Michael Cora, Murphy Jessica, Rewald Sabine, Rippner Samantha, Tolles Thayer

ISBN: HB: 9780300175882, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011
352 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 440 colour images, 20 black&white illus.

A master photographer, Alfred Stieglitz was also a visionary promoter and avid collector of modern American and European art from the first half of the 20th century. This publication is the first fully-illustrated catalogue of works in the unparallel...

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History of Art

How to Read Greek Vases

Mertens Joan R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300155235, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010
112 pp., 30x23.5 cm, 75 black&white illus., 100 colour illus.

How is it possible today to gain insight into the culture that flourished in ancient Greece over 2,500 years ago? Works of art are eloquent intermediaries. This generously illustrated volume provides an introduction to the painted pottery that served...

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Contemporary Art

Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mintz Messinger Lisa, Tinterow Gary

ISBN: HB: 9780300122527, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2007
176 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 100 colour illus.

This beautiful book features 63 paintings, sculptures, and drawings from "The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection", which was recently given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it will be exhibited beginning in September 2007. Long recogni...

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History of Art

Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Messinger Lisa Mintz

ISBN: HB: 9780300085655, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2000
176 pp., 27.8x15.4 cm, 60 colour illus.

The author explores little-known works on paper by nineteen leading artists.

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