{"product_id":"hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-150-works-of-art-9780810934368","title":"Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art\u003c\/strong\u003e by McAllister, Jane. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810934368.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of the Smithsonian Institution, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden belongs to the nation. Its distinctive circular building on the Mall is a Washington landmark, holding one of the worlds finest and most comprehensive collections of twentieth-century art.\nThis sumptuous volume highlights 150 works in full-color reproductions, creating a survey of the century that begins with Auguste Rodins monumental Burghers of Calais of 1884-89 and comes to the present. It also serves as an introduction to the pleasures of the museum itself.\nStimulating commentaries on the individual works by the museums curators offer a wealth of information in an easy, informal style. James T. Demetrion, the director, contributes a brief history of the museum and its collection and how it evolved out of one mans passion for collecting new art.\nMany internationally known artists of the twentieth century are included in this selection, together with contemporary and emerging ones. Europe and America are equally well represented, as are painting and sculpture.\nThis book presents a great museum and provides an overview of a century of creative energy. It is written for the general reader, but students and scholars will also find much in it to interest them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: Hirshhorn Museum n Sculpture Garden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44430078017589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0810934361","price":57.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780810934368_d4a7970c-9cc6-4c3b-a4af-cf1066a46031_74361ed7-c76b-48e6-91a6-331fd4f4c6b2_626f69f6-a1f7-46eb-9ac2-67e72a080aa3.jpg?v=1790365781","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-150-works-of-art-9780810934368","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}