{"product_id":"the-art-museum-9780714856520","title":"The Art Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Art Museum offers the museum experience without the boundaries of space and time. The unique structure of the book has been created by specialists in all fields of art  from institutions worldwide  who have collected together important and innovative works as they might be displayed in the ideal museum for the art lover. As any great museum the book is divided into galleries  presenting the extraordinary variety of artistic output  from ancient Greece  to Australasia and Oceania  Byzantine art to that of the Pre-Columbian Americas  the Renaissance to twentieth-century art  with an emphasis on later western art. Rooms examine important aspects and movements within the gallery. Corridors between the rooms allow the reader to focus on seminal works of each period and culture  with the huge reproduction format allowing for detailed examination. The rooms present the finest examples of human creativity  each piece labelled with key data (including dates  medium and dimensions) alongside a brief description  and the group of works explained by a curator. Painting  sculpture  metalwork  textiles and ceramics comprise the wide variety offered to the reader  as individual works are all contextualised with expert contributors detailing the works significance to the evolution of art history. With cross-references throughout  a comprehensive glossary and detailed location maps  The Art Museum is both fantastic to browse through and an indispensable guide to art throughout the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529536495669,"sku":"ByrdShop_0714856525","price":250.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780714856520.jpg?v=1780936841","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-museum-9780714856520","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}