Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Subtitle: a handbook of the collection
By: [ed. by Sarah D. Benson ... et al.].
Contributors: Benson, Sarah D.; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Publisher: Cornell Univ. [etc.]
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ithaca, New York, [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Other titles: Handbook of the collection: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Description: This handbook consists of an illustrated history of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, a description of the design process that produced the landmark building by I. M. Pei, and 170 entries on the most important works in the Museum's collection. These works, reproduced in full color and discussed at length, are from every major world culture from ancient Japan and Greece to contemporary America, Europe, and Africa.

Among the artists represented are Rembrandt, Durer, Goya, Constable, Eakins, Degas, Rauschenberg, Stelle, Hiroshige, Qi Baishi, and many others, in a variety of media, from glass and ceramics to sculpture, painting, prints, drawings, and photographs.