The Art Museum

About this book

Visit the worlds most comprehensive and compelling museum in a book from pre-historic times to the present over 1 600 artworks created with the expertise of 28 art world curators and historians. "Unprecedented unique and vast in scope... a visually spectacular survey of world art. Destined to delight inspire and educate as well as to become an invaluable classic art-reference resource it is very highly recommended." Library Journal Housing the finest art collection ever assembled this revised reformatted edition offers the museum experience without the boundaries of space and time taking the reader on a tour around the world and through the ages. Its rooms and galleries display some 1 600 artworks selected from the original collection including paintings sculpture photographs textiles installations performances videos prints ceramics manuscripts metalwork and jewel-work.