Art =
Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History
$110.68
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2020
Summary
Featuring more than 800 artworks from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this groundbreaking book offers fresh, unconventional ways of engaging with visual culture. Organized by thematic keywords rather than the usual chronological or geographical categories, and drawing upon analytics from The Met’s online Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, it provides a new perspective on art. Beyond the wealth of illustration, more than 160 engaging curatorial essays place the work…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780714879420 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0714879428 |
| Author: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Publisher: | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 3.20kg |
| Dimensions: | 330mm x 267mm x 49mm |
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Critics Review
‘The new book Art= is a stream of creative consciousness that leaps around the globe and across 6,000 years of art history.’ – Artnet News
‘If you’re too afraid to visit the Met, sit home and read Art=, the museum’s enormous coffee table book.’ – New York Magazine
‘Interesting categorisation in this engaging tribute to the Metropolitan Museum of Art provides a different way to think about and see art.’ – Trebuchet Magazine
‘Big, bold, and interesting.’ – The Art Newspaper
About The Author
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Max Hollein is the director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the world’s foremost cultural institutions, hosting millions of visitors annually both in person and online. The essays in this volume are written by the museum’s curatorial staff and other art experts.
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