"This first comprehensive handbook of the Museum presents over four hundred masterpieces from its encyclopedic collections of Asian art; costume and textiles; European decorative arts (including arms and armor); European painting and sculpture; prints, drawings, and photographs; American art; twentieth-century art, and the art of Africa and Mexico. Each work is illustrated in full color and is accompanied by a short didactic text contributed by Museum curators. Introductory essays describes the formation of the various departments of the Museum."--Amazon.
Contents
Asian art -- Costume and textiles -- European decorative arts and arms and armor -- European painting and sculpture before 1900, including the John G. Johnson collection -- Prints, drawings, and photographs -- American art -- Twentieth-century art -- Special collections -- Publications about the museum -- Index of artists and makers.