The Metropolitan Museum of Art Director's Tour: A Walking Guide
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By Thomas P. Campbell The director of the Metropolitan acts as your personal tour guide through one of the world's most renowned and encyclopedic collections ... View Full Product Details
By Thomas P. Campbell
The director of the Metropolitan acts as your personal tour guide through one of the world's most renowned and encyclopedic collections of art. Developed from the museum's immensely popular audio tour, this cleverly designed and richly illustrated publication provides an essential list of Visitors' Favorites, as well as a guide to over fifty masterpieces and where they can be found on the first and second floors of the museum. Highlights include the Temple of Dendur from Upper Egypt, an exquisitely preserved room from Boscoreale, near Pompeii, majestic Assyrian Reliefs, Rembrandt's Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, the Hall of Arms and Armor, the exquisite ivory Queen Mother Pendant Mask from Benin, Africa, Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, and Van Gogh's Wheat Field with Cypresses, among countless others.
This handy book is intended to be used in the galleries, at home to plan for future visits, or as an illustrated introduction to some of the most memorable and remarkable works, created over five centuries and from cultures across the globe, housed in this celebrated museum.
The director of the Metropolitan acts as your personal tour guide through one of the world's most renowned and encyclopedic collections of art. Developed from the museum's immensely popular audio tour, this cleverly designed and richly illustrated publication provides an essential list of Visitors' Favorites, as well as a guide to over fifty masterpieces and where they can be found on the first and second floors of the museum. Highlights include the Temple of Dendur from Upper Egypt, an exquisitely preserved room from Boscoreale, near Pompeii, majestic Assyrian Reliefs, Rembrandt's Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, the Hall of Arms and Armor, the exquisite ivory Queen Mother Pendant Mask from Benin, Africa, Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, and...See More
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Thomas P. Campbell
Contents: Includes maps
Illustrations: 120 in full color
Rated 5 out of 5 by PaulS from Wonderful Guide to the Met This is a brilliant and concise guide to the Met. With so much contained in the museum, this sort of booklet is a valuable asset to enhance anyone's viewings--and it is very well done.