Italian Paintings

Italian Paintings
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 189
Release: 1986
Genre: Mannerism (Art)
ISBN: 0870994204

European Textiles

European Textiles
Author: Christa C. Mayer-Thurman
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2001
Genre: Tapestry
ISBN: 0870999893

This volume catalogues the more than 250 textiles and objects made of fabric that were part of Robert Lehman's bequest to the Metropolitan Museum in 1975. Many of these textiles were used as hangings, covers, or upholstery to embellish the Lehmans' elegant townhouse in Manhattan. They represent sixty-five years of assembling, owning, and living with historic fabrics on a day-to-day basis, and they document an American style of living and interior decoration that has largely disappeared. Among the highlights of the collection are two series of embroidered roundels from fifteenth-century Flanders that illustrate the lives of Saints Martin and Catherine of Alexandria; four large tapestries, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley that is arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection; and a number of ecclesiastical vestments and panels of magnificent silks and velvets in an array of techniques and styles that span six centuries. Comparative illustrations supplement the catalogue entries. Glossary, bibliography, and index. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 689
Release: 1993
Genre: Tapestry
ISBN: 0870996444

A study of the condition, subject, design, manufacture, ownership, and exhibitions for each tapestry or set of tapestries in the Museum's medieval tapestry collection. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jacob Van Ruisdael

Jacob Van Ruisdael
Author: Seymour Slive
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 797
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300089724

If you know the 26 letters of the alphabet and can count to 99 -- or are just learning -- you'll love Tana Hoban's brilliant creation. This innovative concept book is two books in one!

Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964-2005

Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964-2005
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre:
ISBN: 0300193203

The present volume, Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964-2005, is a successor to a volume published by the Museum in 1965 entitled Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1870-1964. These two bibliographic volumes endeavor to list all the known books, pamphlets, and serial publications bearing the Museum's imprint, and issued by the institution during the first 135 years of its existence (through June 2005). The first volume was compiled by Albert TenEyck Gardner, at the time an Associate Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, and the present volume has been compiled from the Annual Reports issued by the Museum during the relevant years. Together the two volumes testify to the tremendous contributions made to knowledge by the curators and conservators of the Metropolitan and by the many other experts who have contributed to the Museum's exhibition catalogues. Various issues of the Bulletin emphasize the great sweep of the Museum's acquisitions during these years, and the exhibition catalogues--a number of them Alfred H. Barr Jr., Award or the George Wittenborn Award--testify to the continuity of the institution's dedicated program to enrich people's lives through knowledge of art. (This title was originally published in 2006.)

British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875

British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588393488

Covering the period between the late 16th century through to the third quarter of the 19th century, this book features paintings by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish artists which are part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Robert Lehman Collection

The Robert Lehman Collection
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0870994794