Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, In the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)
Contributors: Gary Tinterow (Introduction)
Publisher: Yale University Press; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: December 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780300124125
Subjects: Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Painting & paintings; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Exhibition Catalogs; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Europe; European; History - General; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; 19th century; 20th century; Catalogs; New York; New York (State); Painting; Painting, European
Description: "This illustrated volume features a broad selection of the Metropolitan Museum's greatest European paintings dating from 1800 to 1920. Pictures by sixty-seven artists from nine different countries are included, but the focus is on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist French painting, of which the Museum possesses the most comprehensive collection outside of France." "The book concludes with full documentation of the 193 featured paintings: each is illustrated for a second time, in black and white, and provided with a full provenance and exhibition history and a selected bibliography."--book jacket.