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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Many of us recognize that The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City ("The Met") is a world-class art museum, housing one of the finest and most comprehensive collections in the world. Unfortunately, probably most of us will never have an opportunity to visit The Met for ourselves to see its art treasures.
Well, the next best thing to being there in person might be to view a catalog of at least the best of its collection. The Met has published at least two editions of the book Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in which readers could view the best of their collection and also read expert commentary about each work. People have loved this book, as seen by the 4.5 (4) stars rating at Amazon and the 4.10 (41) rating at GoodReads on the most recent edition. Sadly, though, the book is currently out of print.
Perhaps partly because of its out-of-print status, The Met has published this book in pdf. I am happy to say that The Met is graciously offering this 320-page book free at the present time. It is the most recent edition (2004). To get the ebook, you can use this direct link. The ebook will automatically start downloading when you click on the link (or at least it does for me). |
Here's another, from 2006:
Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Burn, Barbara (2006)
Table of contents
Introduction
Philippe de Montebello
The Ancient World
Egypt
The Ancient Near East
Greece and Rome
The Middle Ages
Medieval Europe
The Islamic World
The Renaissance
Southern Europe
Northern Europe
The Seventeenth Century in Europe
Asia
India and Southeast Asia
China
Japan
1700–1900 in Europe and the United States
Europe
The United States of America
Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Africa
Oceania
Precolumbian America
The Twentieth Century
Index