2024 the best art museums in the us review

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In line with best-selling The Louvre: All the Paintings, and Rizzoli's successful The Hermitage Collections and The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks, this title offers an exquisite tour, unique in its lavish illustration, scholarship, extent, and graceful packaging. As the first large survey published in 30 years, and the first large general survey of the Met's paintings collection it is the first to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings of one of the largest, most important, and most beloved museums in the world. This impressive book’s broad sweep of material, all from a single museum, makes it at once a universal history of painting and the ideal introduction to the iconic masterworks of this world-renowned institution. Lavish color illustrations and details of 500 masterpieces, created over 5,000 years in cultures across the globe, are presented chronologically from the dawn of civilization to the present. These works represent a grand tour of painting from ancient Egypt and classical antiquity and prized Byzantine and medieval altarpieces, to paintings from Asia, India, Africa, and the Americas and the greatest European and North American masters. This unprecedented book includes an introduction and illuminating texts about each artwork written by Kathryn Calley Galitz, whose experience as both a curator and educator at the Met makes her uniquely qualified. European and American artists include Duccio, El Greco, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Bronzino, Caravaggio, Turner, Velázquez, Goya, Rubens, Rembrandt, Brueghel, Vermeer, David, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, Degas, Sargent, Homer, Matisse, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol. For those wishing to experience the Met’s unparalleled collection or to study masterpieces of painting from throughout history, this important volume is sure to become a classic cherished by art lovers around the world.  Iconic works in the Met include: Sargent's Madame X, Velazquez Juan de Pareja, Brueghel The Harvesters, Van Gogh Cypresses; Rembrandt Aristotle and Bust of Homer; Pollock Autumn Rhythm; Emanuel Leutz George Washington Crossing the Delaware; El Greco View of Toledo; Caravaggio Musicians; Vermeer Young Woman with Water Pitcher; Monet Water Lilies; Picasso Seated Harlequin.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rizzoli Electa (September 13, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0847846598
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0847846597
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.7 x 2.1 x 13.6 inches
Reviewer: mmartin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent
Review: Perfect condition. Very fast shipping.

Reviewer: Pk
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Lovely book, definitely the best art book I ever bought!
Review: This is easily the best art book I have ever bought! The reproductions of art pieces at The Met are impeccable. It's a lovely coffee table book but is essential for anyone who is a fan of art and The Met in particular, thank you so much ☺️

Reviewer: EyeOfTheSparrow
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: (((SIMPLY DIVINE)))
Review: The heirloom-quality book is laid out so you can sit back and enjoy the journey of "walking" through its pages of breathtaking plates, one after the other, unencumbered or distracted by verbiage (other than identifiers) which is (thoughtfully) best enjoyed separately in delightfully detailed format. Indeed, the next best thing to an in-person visit to one of 5th Avenue's -- nay Manhattan's! -- most prized possessions: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Excellent-quality printing on substantial-quality paper from Hong Kong, long-recognized for their superior contribution to fine print work. The book itself is amply sized so as to offer images that are in turn generously sized which deliver nuances that might otherwise be compromised; be forewarned the "price" for that brand of satisfaction is a quite heftily-weighted book. Nevertheless. Whether you're a bonafide museum lover or finally quenching your curiosity of what all the hubbub is about, this extraordinary compilation will soothingly reaffirm and/or introduce you to the world-renowned collections housed at the one & only MMA.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Art book
Review: Beautiful work

Reviewer: Anne Hall
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: So beautiful and comprehensive!
Review: Spectacularly beautiful art book. The photos of the artwork are so large. One can fully enjoy and study the work. The guide to each painting provides informative and comprehensive information in language that respects the reader regardless of where they are on their learning journey. My very favorite book of art thus far. Worth every penny and I recommend it highly!

Reviewer: Hussein Muhmmed Alsalem
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: valuable book
Review: It’s the book you will never regret for buying it . Excellent photos printed

Reviewer: M.S.P.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful, huge book
Review: I bought as a gift for Father’s Day. This book surpassed what I expected. It is massive.

Reviewer: Remmy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing book & price, but check for book defects inside and out, then enjoy.
Review: The book as a whole is simply beautiful. I like how its presented from works past to present. I had to send the first copy back to Amazon due to defects of both the inside front cover & inside back cover being cut from top down. I appreciate Amazon's easy return policy. Just brought book to The UPS Store, showed them the Amazon code on my phone, they scanned it, packed, and sent the book back to Amazon. Today I received my replacement in just couple days in perfect condition, thank you.

Reviewer: Jack
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I don't normally buy coffee table books, in fact I actively avoid them. I find them tasteless and too consumer oriented and not useful as reference material. I collect art books. I could talk your head off about what makes a book an art book and not a coffee table book, but my opinion on that subject also doesn't matter because regardless of where this one falls, you should buy it if you are interested in it. The reproductions are high quality, and usually I like things shot for artfully (see the Brassaii book of photos of Picasso's sculptures) but here it works marvellously with "voiceless" reproduction photographs because it also shows high quality zoom ins of the important parts of the works. The zoom outs are nonetheless presented large, so you really do get to take in all the details and overall effect of the works as if you were at a museum and standing back, then walking up close. Very very few art books do this, so in that respect this book is a great reference. The ordering by date makrs it easy to navigate. I wish every museum had a book this extensive and well produced. I find the Art Institute book too lacking, the Louvre book is too gift shoppy, etc. The MET also has a great collection so that this book is a good overview of all the important periods and movements. I find other books of paintings print them too small, or too few. Not a problem here. My only gripe is I wish the binding were higher end, and I'd like more essays and commentary, because the curators are top notch!

Reviewer: Claudia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Excelente libro con las principales obras que alberga este hermoso museo

Reviewer: Chen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I haven't finished, but I like the quality and the large pictures. If the pandemic stops people from going to the museum, this book may serve as the best alternative.

Reviewer: David Stencl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Kniha je členěna chronologicky. Reprodukce jsou vhodné velikosti a omračující kvality. Kde se chce kochat a učinit si představu, čím Metropolitní disponuje, toto je ta správná volba. Umění z celého světa se prezentuje tak, že třeba na jedné dvojstraně máte artefakty z Číny, Persie a Evropy zhruba ze stejné doby, což dává jedinečnou možnost srovnání. U reprodukcí jsou pouze základní popisky, více textu k jednotlivým dílům je v samostatných oddílech, ovšem ani tam není informací mnoho. To je však naprosto pochopitelné, aby si kniha podržela snesitelné rozměrové a váhové parametry.Kdo požaduje co nejvíce informací k jednotlivým pracím, musí šáhnout jinam, kdo se však chce unášet na vlnách strhujících projevů umění napříč zeměkoulí a tisíciletími, je tohle trefa do černého.

Reviewer: Pier
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Fantastico ...enorme..e con fotografie, a tutta pagina, assolutamente splendide.Vale ogni centesimo speso!!