Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection - Couverture souple

Andrews, Gail; Birmingham Museum Of Art

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904832776 ISBN 13 : 9781904832775

Editeur : D Giles Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Birmingham Museum of Art A completely new guide which highlights over 250 artworks from the Museum's collections of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art. Publication celebrates 50 years of one of the finest Museum's in the Southeastern United States. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art has one of the finest collections in the Southeastern United States, with more than 24,000 objects representing a rich panorama of cultures.

This beautifully illustrated new handbook highlights over 250 artworks from the Museum's collections of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art. Of particular note are the Museum's collections of Asian art; its collection of Vietnamese ceramics; the remarkable Kress collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the late 13th century to the 1750s; the collection of 18th-century European decorative arts, which includes superior examples of English ceramics and French furniture; and the Museum's world-renowned collection of Wedgwood, which is the largest outside England.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Gail Andrews is director of Birmingham Museum of Art.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: D Giles Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1904832776
• ISBN 13: 9781904832775
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272