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Art Museum by Phaidon Editors, Marshall Becker, Frederick M. Asher and Lisa Beaven (2011, Hardcover)
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A massive coffe table art book with copios photos. It has the dust jacket which many copies are missing.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPhaidon Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100714856525
ISBN-139780714856520
eBay Product ID (ePID)109070891
Product Key Features
Book TitleArt Museum
Number of Pages992 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicGeneral
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorPhaidon Editors, Marshall Becker, Frederick M. Asher, Lisa Beaven
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.2 in
Item Weight282.6 Oz
Item Length17 in
Item Width13 in
Additional Product Features
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Reviews"A category killer? Packed with 3,000 large illustrations of the world's greatest artworks." - VOGUE "The dream collection... The appeal of having 3,000 years of masterpieces at your fingertips is obvious." - Art & Auction, "Why buy a mere art book when you could have a museum of your own?... The Art Museum is a colossal tome that, ranging across continents, periods and artistic approaches, sets out to compile the perfect collection. Here, for the man who has everything, is the Mona Lisa, and plenty more as well, from Byzantine mosaics through Benin bronzes to the abstractions of Brice Marden."-- The Times "Impressive... Should be in public libraries and schools as well as on coffee tables. In an age when so much information about art is gleaned electronically, this massive tome, with its beautiful reproductions, is a bold assertion of the importance of the printed page."-- Art Quarterly "What is a great work of art? The question asks itself when you leaf through The Art Museum , a colossal new book that gathers together an ideal collection of superlative sculptures, paintings, vases, embroideries and installations."-- The Guardian "Unprecedented, unique, and vast in scope, this visually spectacular survey of world art belongs in large public, academic, and special libraries. Destined to delight, inspire, and educate, as well as become an invaluable, classic, art reference resource, it is very highly recommended."-- Library Journal.com "...A clearly laid out and lavishly illustrated compendium of the best of world culture."-- The Times "The world's greatest works of art in one volume... A monumental museum without walls."-- The Daily Telegraph "Coolly neoclassical in design... You can take guided tours with experts whispering in your ear as you consult the captions. Exhaustive."-- The Observer "This tome is chock-full of things you don't often see reproduced on this scale."-- The New York Times "The 2,500 works that really matter in 1,000 stunning pages."-- Reader's Digest "This extensive compendium is easy to digest."-- The Washington Post, "A category killer? Packed with 3,000 large illustrations of the world's greatest artworks."- VOGUE "The dream collection... The appeal of having 3,000 years of masterpieces at your fingertips is obvious." Art & Auction "If this [ The Art Museum ] were a real museum and not just a book, there would hardly be need for another."- NPR's "All Things Considered" "If the world's best curators could create a collection containing every notable work for all time, its catalog would resemble The Art Museum ."- Conde Nast Traveler "?an original and compelling concept: a book conceived and organized to resemble a museum'one that happens to take readers on a tour of art history from King Tut to Jackson Pollack and beyond."- Worth magazine Traveler "The 2,500 works that really matter in 1,000 stunning pages."- Reader's Digest, "Unprecedented, unique, and vast in scope, this visually spectacular survey of world art belongs in large public, academic, and special libraries. Destined to delight, inspire, and educate, as well as become an invaluable classic, art reference resource, it is very highly recommended."- Library Journal "A category killer. Packed with 3,000 large illustrations of the world's greatest artworks."- VOGUE "The dream collection...The appeal of having 3,000 years of masterpieces at your fingertips is obvious."- Art & Auction "If this [The Art Museum] were a real museum and not just a book, there would hardly be need for another."- NPR's "All Things Considered" "If the world's best curators could create a collection containing every notable work for all time, its catalog would resemble The Art Museum ."- Conde Nast Traveler "It's an original and compelling concept: a book conceived and organized to resemble a museum - one that happens to take readers on a tour of art history from King Tut to Jackson Pollack and beyond."- Worth magazine "The 2,500 works that really matter in 1,000 stunning pages."- Reader's Digest, 'Why buy a mere art book when you could have a museum of your own.' - The Times 'Chock-full of things you don't often see reproduced on this scale.' - The New York Times 'A bold assertion of the importance of the printed page.' - Art Quarterly 'It's a book to get lost in, possibly for the rest of your life.' - The Daily Mail 'What is a great work of art? The question asks itself when you leaf through The Art Museum , a colossal new book that gathers together an ideal collection of superlative sculptures, paintings, vases, embroideries and installations.' - The Guardian 'Unprecedented, unique, and vast in scope, this visually spectacular survey of world art belongs in large public, academic, and special libraries. Destined to delight, inspire, and educate, as well as become an invaluable, classic, art reference resource, it is very highly recommended.' - Library Journal.com '...A clearly laid out and lavishly illustrated compendium of the best of world culture.' - The Times 'The world's greatest works of art in one volume... A monumental museum without walls.' - The Daily Telegraph 'Coolly neoclassical in design... You can take guided tours with experts whispering in your ear as you consult the captions. Exhaustive.' - The Observer 'The 2,500 works that really matter in 1,000 stunning pages.' - Reader's Digest 'This extensive compendium is easy to digest.' - The Washington Post 'Compared to other art history texts on the market, The Art Museum is very readable.' - New York Journal of Books, 'Why buy a mere art book when you could have a museum of your own.' - The Times 'Chock-full of things you don't often see reproduced on this scale.' - The New York Times 'A bold assertion of the importance of the printed page.' - Art Quarterly 'It's a book to get lost in, possibly for the rest of your life.' - The Daily Mail 'What is a great work of art? The question asks itself when you leaf through The Art Museum, a colossal new book that gathers together an ideal collection of superlative sculptures, paintings, vases, embroideries and installations.' - The Guardian 'Unprecedented, unique, and vast in scope, this visually spectacular survey of world art belongs in large public, academic, and special libraries. Destined to delight, inspire, and educate, as well as become an invaluable, classic, art reference resource, it is very highly recommended.' - Library Journal.com '...A clearly laid out and lavishly illustrated compendium of the best of world culture.' - The Times 'The world's greatest works of art in one volume... A monumental museum without walls.' - The Daily Telegraph 'Coolly neoclassical in design... You can take guided tours with experts whispering in your ear as you consult the captions. Exhaustive.' - The Observer 'The 2,500 works that really matter in 1,000 stunning pages.' - Reader's Digest 'This extensive compendium is easy to digest.' - The Washington Post 'Compared to other art history texts on the market, The Art Museum is very readable.' - New York Journal of Books, ". . . this is a unique, beautifully printed, gasp-inducing journey through Stone Age relics, medieval manuscripts, Hokusai's woodblock prints, Picasso's political paintings and Pollack's evocative splattering. Every page contains something to make you stop and stare."- The Huffington Post, "Unprecedented, unique, and vast in scope, this visually spectacular survey of world art belongs in large public, academic, and special libraries. Destined to delight, inspire, and educate, as well as become an invaluable classic, art reference resource, it is very highly recommended."- Library Journal Starred Review "A category killer. Packed with 3,000 large illustrations of the world''s greatest artworks."- VOGUE "The dream collection. . .The appeal of having 3,000 years of masterpieces at your fingertips is obvious."- Art & Auction "If this [The Art Museum] were a real museum and not just a book, there would hardly be need for another."- NPR''s "All Things Considered" "If the world''s best curators could create a collection containing every notable work for all time, its catalog would resemble The Art Museum ."- Conde Nast Traveler "It''s an original and compelling concept: a book conceived and organized to resemble a museum - one that happens to take readers on a tour of art history from King Tut to Jackson Pollack and beyond."- Worth magazine "The 2,500 works that really matter in 1,000 stunning pages."- Reader''s Digest "The monster of all Christmas art books, this year and maybe for a while. . .this tome is chock-full of things you don''t often see reproduced on this scale, and other things you may not even know about and will love on sight."- The New York Times ". . .as in an actual museum, once you plunge into its 990-some pages, you risk getting lost. So turn off the stove, walk the dog, and text the kids before you spend the evening looking at vase paintings and no one hears from you again."- Town & Country ". . .an astonishing book. . .an exciting, nearly perfect collection of the greatest visual art in human history. . .The scope of the book encourages readers to make unexpected connections, as when rooms devoted to African masks and carvings usher us into a section on the Cubists, hinting at the affinities between the two."- BookPage "If someone asks you, ''What is art?'' you could launch into a lecture. Or you could just hand them this battering ram of a book."- Entertainment Weekly "An encyclopedic art museum between covers, with "permanent" holdings for some 3,000 creme-de-la-creme objects appropriated from collections around the globe."- Holland Cotter for The New York Times Book Review "The boldest publishing experiment of 2011."- NPR "Not only does The Art Museum showcase rarely seen works from private collections, it also benefits from the wisdom of 65 of the world''s most respected curators and art historians. . .this extensive compendium is easy to digest."- The Washington Post ". . .you couldn''t give a more impressive gift. . .Imagine some ten-year-old getting lost in it over Christmas."- Blake Gopnik for The Daily Beast.com "An astonishing book'an exciting, nearly perfect collection of the greatest visual art in human history."- Bookpage ". . .the most colossal and ambitious publication in the field. . .Indeed, it has some of the characteristics of a real museum, among them an invitation to wander on and on. . .Recommended."- Bloomberg News "Like a world-class museum that fits on a coffee table."- USAnetwork.com "Planning a trip to Paris to visit the Louvre? Headed to New York City for a tour of the MoMA? Cancel those plans. All you need is The Art Museum ."- The National Post , Canada ". . .the book is a perfect crash course for art-world novices and a collectible for experts."- ELLE.com, "Unprecedented, unique, and vast in scope, this visually spectacular survey of world art belongs in large public, academic, and special libraries. Destined to delight, inspire, and educate, as well as become an invaluable classic, art reference resource, it is very highly recommended."- Library Journal starred review "A category killer. Packed with 3,000 large illustrations of the world's greatest artworks."- VOGUE "The dream collection...The appeal of having 3,000 years of masterpieces at your fingertips is obvious."- Art & Auction "If this [The Art Museum] were a real museum and not just a book, there would hardly be need for another."- NPR's "All Things Considered" "If the world's best curators could create a collection containing every notable work for all time, its catalog would resemble The Art Museum ."- Conde Nast Traveler "It's an original and compelling concept: a book conceived and organized to resemble a museum - one that happens to take readers on a tour of art history from King Tut to Jackson Pollack and beyond."- Worth magazine "The 2,500 works that really matter in 1,000 stunning pages."- Reader's Digest "The monster of all Christmas art books, this year and maybe for a while...this tome is chock-full of things you don't often see reproduced on this scale, and other things you may not even know about and will love on sight."- The New York Times "...as in an actual museum, once you plunge into its 990-some pages, you risk getting lost. So turn off the stove, walk the dog, and text the kids before you spend the evening looking at vase paintings and no one hears from you again."- Town & Country "...an astonishing book...an exciting, nearly perfect collection of the greatest visual art in human history...The scope of the book encourages readers to make unexpected connections, as when rooms devoted to African masks and carvings usher us into a section on the Cubists, hinting at the affinities between the two."- BookPage "If someone asks you, 'What is art?' you could launch into a lecture. Or you could just hand them this battering ram of a book."- Entertainment Weekly "An encyclopedic art museum between covers, with "permanent" holdings for some 3,000 creme-de-la-creme objects appropriated from collections around the globe."- Holland Cotter for The New York Times Book Review "The boldest publishing experiment of 2011."- NPR "Not only does The Art Museum showcase rarely seen works from private collections, it also benefits from the wisdom of 65 of the world's most respected curators and art historians...this extensive compendium is easy to digest."- The Washington Post "...you couldn't give a more impressive gift...Imagine some ten-year-old getting lost in it over Christmas."- Blake Gopnik for The Daily Beast.com "An astonishing book'an exciting, nearly perfect collection of the greatest visual art in human history."- Bookpage "?the most colossal and ambitious publication in the field?Indeed, it has some of the characteristics of a real museum, among them an invitation to wander on and on?Recommended."- Bloomberg News "Like a world-class museum that fits on a coffee table."- USAnetwork.com "Planning a trip to Paris to visit the Louvre? Headed to New York City for a tour of the MoMA? Cancel those plans. All you need is The Art Museum ."- The National Post , Canada "?the book is a perfect crash course for art-world novices and a collectible for experts."- ELLE.com
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal700
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisThe Art Museum offers the museum experience without the boundaries of space and time. The unique structure of the book has been created by specialists in all fields of art, from institutions worldwide, who have collected together important and innovative works as they might be displayed in the ideal museum for the art lover. As any great museum the book is divided into galleries, presenting the extraordinary variety of artistic output, from ancient Greece, to Australasia and Oceania, Byzantine art to that of the Pre-Columbian Americas, the Renaissance to twentieth-century art, with an emphasis on later western art. Rooms examine important aspects and movements within the gallery. Corridors between the rooms allow the reader to focus on seminal works of each period and culture, with the huge reproduction format allowing for detailed examination. The rooms present the finest examples of human creativity, each piece labelled with key data (including dates, medium and dimensions) alongside a brief description, and the group of works explained by a curator. Painting, sculpture, metalwork, textiles and ceramics comprise the wide variety offered to the reader, as individual works are all contextualised with expert contributors detailing the works' significance to the evolution of art history. With cross-references throughout, a comprehensive glossary and detailed location maps, The Art Museum is both fantastic to browse through and an indispensable guide to art throughout the ages.
LC Classification NumberN85
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- 18 Aug, 2020
A conversation starter
This book is massive. The biggest book I've ever seen. The picture quality is great.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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