The Metropolitan Museum of Art : notable acquisitions, 1965-1975.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art : notable acquisitions, 1965-1975.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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9780870991417
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300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"The following summary catalogue describes a selection of about thirteen hundred works chosen by seventeen curatorial departments as the most important and representative objects added to their collections during the last decade. The publication accompanies Patterns of Collecting, an exhibition of about one-third of the works of art included here."--Preface.
Foreword by Thomas Hoving; preface by Olga Raggio.
Contents:
American Paintings and Sculpture -- American Wing -- Ancient Near Eastern Art -- Arms and Armor -- The Costume Institute -- Drawings -- Egyptian Art -- European Paintings -- Far Eastern Art -- Greek and Roman Art -- Islamic Art -- Medieval Art and The Cloisters -- Musical Instruments -- Primitive Art -- Prints and Photographs -- Twentieth Century Art -- Western European Arts.
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Patterns of collecting: selected acquisitions 1965-1975.
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