Visit the world's most comprehensive and compelling museum in a
single book - the ultimate gallery in your own home Housing the
finest art collection ever assembled, this classic format of
Phaidon's bestselling The Art Museum offers the ultimate museum
experience without the boundaries of space and time. The rooms and
galleries that live within this volume display more than 1,600
artworks, expertly selected from the original collection, including
paintings, sculpture, textiles, photographs, installations,
performances, videos, prints, ceramics, manuscripts, metalwork, and
jewelwork. The artworks included were carefully selected by a team
of 28 curators, critics, art historians and artists who contributed
their expertise to create this revolutionary 'virtual' museum.
These experts came from such institutions as: the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York; The British Museum, London; the Museum of
Fine Art, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; the University
of California, Berkley; LaTrobe University, Melbourne; the School
of African and Oriental Studies, University of London; and the
Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Works originate from the
Palaeolithic era to the present and come from all around the globe
and include both iconic and lesser-known pieces. This extraordinary
book takes the reader on a tour around the world and through the
ages, presenting the finest examples of human creativity within its
covers - a dream museum without the boundaries of walls.
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