Oceania
Subtitle: Art of the Pacific Islands in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press
Published: December 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780300120301
Subjects: Art of indigenous peoples; Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; Folk Arts; Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Exhibition Catalogs; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Oceania; History - General; Art / General; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Art, Pacific Island; Catalogs; New York; New York (State)
Description: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses one of the world's premier collections of Oceanic art. Published in celebration of the opening of the Metropolitan's newly reinstalled galleries for the arts of Oceania, this generously illustrated volume provides an introduction to the region's rich artistic heritage through more than two hundred master-works from the Museum's collection. An overview of Oceanic art and a history of the Metropolitan's collection are followed by informative introductory essays on the major cultural regions of the Pacific."--Jacket.