Philadelphia Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections [Hardcover]

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Publication Date: December 1, 1995

This first comprehensive handbook of the Museum presents over four hundred masterpieces from its encyclopedic collections of Asian art; costume and textiles; European decorative arts (including arms and armor); European painting and sculpture; prints, drawings, and photographs; American art; twentieth-century art, and the art of Africa and Mexico. Each work is illustrated in full color and is accompanied by a short didactic text contributed by Museum curators. Introductory essays describes the formation of the various departments of the Museum. Bibliography. Index.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 360 pages
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art (December 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0876330987
ISBN-13: 978-0876330982
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,494,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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