Washinton Nashonaru Gyararī shozō meihinshū
Subtitle: National Gallery of Art, Washington
By: seisaku Washinton Nashonaru Gyararī Shuppan Jigyōshitsu
Publisher: Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Published: 2016
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: jpn; eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780894684043
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Art; National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Other titles: National Gallery of Art, Washington
Description: A guide to more than 400 of the Gallery?s masterworks, with lavish reproductions and insightful commentaries.0The National Gallery of Art is home to the nation?s art collection and a preeminent showcase for the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present. This completely new handbook is compact and easy-to-handle and includes works selected by the Gallery?s curatorial staff from some 145,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, decorative arts, and new media that make up the present collection. Various mediums appear side by side in chronological groupings, a schema that emphasizes the diversity and wealth of the Gallery?s holdings and provides readers with a well-rounded picture of the Western world?s artistic production over time. Periods from the Middle Ages to the 21st century are characterized in six section introductions, with beautiful design treatment and selection of details throughout. This handsome guidebook is available in English, French, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish editions.
Notes: Japanese edition of "Highlights from the National Gallery of Art Washington", a guide to more than 400 of the Gallery's masterworks, with lavish reproductions and insightful commentaries

NCC JACWP title; may be loaned through ILL