The Metropolitan Museum of Art masterpiece paintings - Kathryn Calley Galitz

This
impressive
volume's
broad
sweep
of
material,
all from
a
single
museum,
makes
it
at
once
a
universal history
of
painting
and
the
ideal
introduction
to
the iconic masterworks of this world-renowned institution. Lavish
color
illustrations
and
details
of
500
master- pieces, created over 5,000 years in cultures across the globe, are presented chronologically from the dawn of civilization
to
the
present.
These
works
represent
a grand tour of painting from ancient Egypt and classical antiquity and prized Byzantine and medieval altarpieces, to paintings from Asia, India, Africa, and the Americas and the greatest European and North American masters.This unprecedented book includes an introduction and illuminating
texts
about
each
artwork
written
by Kathryn
Calley
Galitz,
whose
experience
as
both
a curator
and
educator
at
the
Met
makes
her
uniquely qualified.
European
and
American
artists
include Duccio, El Greco, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Bronzino, Caravaggio,
Turner,
Velzquez,
Goya,
Rubens, Rembrandt, Brueghel, Vermeer, David, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Czanne, Degas, Sargent, Homer, Matisse,
Picasso,
Pollock,
and
Warhol.
For
those wishing to experience the Met's unparalleled collection or to study masterpieces of painting from throughout history,
this
important
volume
is
sure
to
become
a classic cherished by art lovers around the world.