| Description |
4 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (230, 232 pages ; 22 cm). |
| Series |
Great courses, Music & fine arts. |
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Great courses (DVD). Music & fine arts.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Professor Richard Brettell, the University of Texas at Dallas |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The making of the museum ; The art of ancient Greece and Rome ; Ancient Egyptian art ; Asian art ; The ancient Near East and Islamic art ; European painting I : the Renaissance -- Disc 2. European painting II : 16th-17th centuries ; European painting III : 18th century ; European painting IV : 19th century ; Drawings and prints ; Photographs ; European decorative arts -- Disc 3. European sculpture ; The arts of Africa and Oceania ; The ancient New World ; Musical instruments and arms and armor ; Costumes and textiles ; American art : 1650-1865 -- Disc 4. American art : 1865-1900 ; 20th century art : before World War II ; 20th century art : after World War II ; The Robert Lehman collection : 1400-1800 ; The Robert Lehman collection : 1800-1960 ; The people of the museum. |
| Summary |
Presents the history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the US, and introduces several of its collections. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Art -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Educational films.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| ISBN |
1598033905 set |
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9781598033908 set |
| Music No. |
7510 The Teaching Company |
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