Author: TINTEROW, GARY; COMPILED WITH SUSAN A. STEIN AND BARBARA BURN
Title: The New Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries - the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description: New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. Soft Cover. Softcover is heavy, glazed paper. White spine with black lettering. Pages are clean and tight. Foreword by Philipe de Montebello [Director]. Lavishly illustrated with dozens of color and b/w photographs. "This publication marks the opening of the Metropolitan Museum's new 19th Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries. This landmark event, long in the planning, has totally transformed how we present the art of the century that gave us---if density of visitors is any gauge---some of the best-loved moments in the history of art, from Romanticism to Barbizon and Impressionism to Post-Impressionism". Includes a b/w floor plan of the new rooms. ; Photographs; 8 1/2 x 11; 88 pages; Soft cover has some shelf wear, bumping, little specks of color missing from the cover illustrations.. Very Good+ .

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