Museum masterpieces
Subtitle: the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By: Richard Brettell
Contributors: Teaching Company
Publisher: The Teaching Company
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chantilly, Va
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781598033915
Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Art appreciation
Other titles: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Notes: "The Great Courses: teaching that engages the mind"--Cover.

Lecture transcripts and course guidebooks to accompany DVD recordings of lectures taught by Richard Brettell of the University of Texas at Dallas.

Includes description of works discussed, timeline, and glossary.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: The making of the Museum; title: The art of ancient Greece and Rome; title: Ancient Egyptian art; title: Asian art; title: The ancient Near East and Islamic art; title: European painting I: the Renaissance; title: European painting II: 16th-17th centuries; title: European painting III: 18th century; title: European painting IV: 19th century; title: Drawings and prints; title: Photographs; title: European decorative arts.; title: Part 2: European sculpture; title: The arts of Africa and Oceania; title: The ancient New World; title: Musical insruments and arms and armor; title: Costumes and textiles; title: American art: 1650-1865; title: American art: 1865-1900; title: 20th-century art: before World War II; title: 20th-century art: after World War II; title: The Robert Lehman collection: 1400-1800; title: The Robert Lehman collection: 1800-1960; title: The people of the Museum.