Handbook of the collections / Philadelphia Museum of Art.

By:

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Philadelphia Museum of Art, c1995.Description: 359 pages. : illustrations (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:

0876330960 (alk. paper)
9780876330968
0876330987

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

708.148/11

LOC classification:

N 685 P544h 1995

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

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	N 685 P544h 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000174534

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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.

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