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How to Read Buddhist Art by BEHRENDT KURT A
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read Ser.
This book surveys the long and complex visual tradition of Buddhism by examining in depth sixty seminal works from China, the Himalayas, Japan, Korea, and South and Southeast Asia.
How to Read European Decorative Arts by Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide (Contribution by)
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read Ser.
Illuminating three centuries of European artistry and ingenuity, this volume in The Met's acclaimed How to Read series provides a wide-ranging exploration of decorative arts from British writing tables to Russian snuffboxes Spanning three centuries of creativity, from the High Renaissance to the Indust ...Show more
How to Read Islamic Calligraphy by Maryam D. Ekhtiar
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read Ser.
An accessible introduction to the quintessential art form of the Islamic worldHow to Read Islamic Calligraphy explores the preeminence of the written word as a means of creative expression throughout the Islamic world. Aimed at a general audience, the book introduces all five major Islamic calligraphic ...Show more
How to Read Medieval Art by Stein Wendy A
Category: Art Books | Series: The\Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read Ser.
An enlightening, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating European art from the Middle Ages How to Read Medieval Art introduces the art of the European Middle Ages through 50 notable examples from the Metropolitan Museum's collection, which is one of the most comprehensive in the world. This h ...Show more
How to Read Portraits by Kathryn Calley Galitz
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read Ser.
This latest volume in The Met's acclaimed How to Read series explores the meaning of portraiture across time and cultures--from funerary masks to realism to abstraction Portraiture goes far beyond capturing a likeness. Portraits speak to such fundamental human concerns as status, relationships, and ide ...Show more
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