Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Review

This expansive book reveals the great diversity and range of art of the Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and later South Asia. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Art Department, it presents nearly three hundred masterpieces from one of the finest collections in the world. The works range chronologically from the origins of Islam in the seventh century through the nineteenth century, and geographically from as far west as Spain and Morocco to as far east as India. Outstanding miniature paintings and illuminated manuscripts, ceramics, textiles, carpets, glass, and metalwork reflect the mutual influence of artistic practice in the sacred and secular realms. Many of these beautiful objects display the rich traditions of calligraphy, vegetal ornament (the arabesque), and geometric patterning that distinguish the arts of the Islamic world. 

With seven informative essays and almost three hundred catalogue entries—supplemented by introductory essays on the collection and its display—this handsome and comprehensive overview will enlighten the specialist and the general reader alike. Read more...

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Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Review

Incorporating work from all periods and geographical areas, this is an introduction to the many collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. From Ancient Egypt comes the Temple of Dendur and a small cat-coffin; the renowned Euphronios krater helps to represent Greece and Rome; and two exquisite masks come from the Africa, Oceania and Americas wing. The painting section contains highlights such as Botticelli's "Annunciation", Titian's "Mars and Venus", Brueghel's "Harvesters", Rembrandt's "Aristotle", David's "Death of Socrates", Manet's "Boating", a Cezanne still-life and Gauguin's "La Orana Maria". The 20th century is well-represented, with works by Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Brancusi, Giacometti and Hopper among many others. The book also includes drawings, prints, photographs and the decorative arts. Read more...

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Bit by bit.(artistic photography exhabitions at New Museum of Contemporary Art): An article from: Afterimage

Bit by bit.(artistic photography exhabitions at New Museum of Contemporary Art): An article from: Afterimage Review

This digital document is an article from Afterimage, published by Visual Studies Workshop on November 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1415 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bit by bit.(artistic photography exhabitions at New Museum of Contemporary Art)
Author: Seth Thompson
Publication:Afterimage (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2005
Publisher: Visual Studies Workshop
Volume: 33 Issue: 3 Page: 43(2)

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The Public Art Museum in Nineteenth Century Britain: The Development of the National Gallery (Perspectives on Collecting)

The Public Art Museum in Nineteenth Century Britain: The Development of the National Gallery (Perspectives on Collecting) Review

During the mid-nineteenth century a debate arose over the form and functions of the public art museum in Britain. Various occurrences caused new debates in Parliament and in the press about the purposes of the public museum which checked the relative complacency with which London's national collections had hitherto been run. This book examines these debates and their influence on the development of professionalism within the museum, trends in collecting and tendencies in museum architecture and decoration. In so doing it accounts for the general development of the London museums between 1850 and 1880, with particular reference to the National Gallery. This involves analysis of art display and its relations with art historiography, alongside institutional and architectural developments at the British Museum, the South Kensington Museum and the National Gallery. It is argued that the underpinning factor in all of these developments was a reformulation of the public museum's mission, which was in turn related to the electoral reform movement. In a potential situation of mass enfranchisement, the 'masses' should be well educated; the museum was openly identified as a useful institution in this sense. This consideration also influenced approaches to collecting and arranging artworks and to configuring their architectural setting within the museum, allowing for displays to be instructive in specific ways. Dissatisfaction with the British Museum and National Gallery buildings and their locations led to proposals to move the national collections, possibly merging and redefining them. Again the socio-political usefulness of the museum was key in determining where the national collections should be housed and in what form of building. This rich debate is analysed with full references to the various forums in and out of Parliament. Part one covers these issues in a thematic structure, examining all of the national collections, their interrelationships and their gradual development of discrete (yet sometimes arbitrary) museological territories. Part two focuses on the individual case of the National Gallery, observing how museological debate was brought to bear on the development of a specific institution. Every architectural development and redisplay is closely analysed in order to gauge the extent to which the products of debate were carried through into practice, and to comprehend the reasons why no museological grand project emerged in London. Read more...

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Educational transactions in museum online learning initiatives.: An article from: International Journal on E-Learning

Educational transactions in museum online learning initiatives.: An article from: International Journal on E-Learning Review

This digital document is an article from International Journal on E-Learning, published by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 4682 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Educational transactions in museum online learning initiatives.
Author: Patrick Dillon
Publication:International Journal on E-Learning (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Page: 14(7)

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