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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston : a guide to the collections

Title
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston : a guide to the collections / entries by Gilian Shallcross and Adam Tessier ; introduction by Matthew Teitelbaum ; a brief history of the MFA by Maureen Melton.
Author
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Publication
Boston : MFA Publications, [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Shallcross, Gilian
  • Tessier, Adam
  • Teitelbaum, Matthew
  • Melton, Maureen
Description
439 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 23 cm
Summary
This newly updated edition of the definitive guide to the MFA's most enduring masterpieces provides an enticing introduction to a collection that circles the globe and spans thousands of years. Featuring more than 500 works of art from Native American ceramics to European silver, Egyptian funerary arts to Warhol silkscreens, alongside world-renowned paintings and sculpture, all reproduced in vibrant colour this guide invites readers and visitors alike to experience the surprise, delight and inspiration offered by the collections of a major museum.
Subject
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston > Catalogs
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Art > Massachusetts > Boston > Catalogs
  • Art
  • Massachusetts > Boston
Genre/Form
Catalogs.
Note
  • Includes index.
Call Number
JQE 21-504
ISBN
  • 0878468625
  • 9780878468621
LCCN
2019946630
OCLC
1121487245
Author
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Title
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston : a guide to the collections / entries by Gilian Shallcross and Adam Tessier ; introduction by Matthew Teitelbaum ; a brief history of the MFA by Maureen Melton.
Publisher
Boston : MFA Publications, [2020]
Edition
Revised edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Shallcross, Gilian, author.
Tessier, Adam, author.
Teitelbaum, Matthew, writer of introduction.
Melton, Maureen, contributor.
Research Call Number
JQE 21-504
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