Art History Museum - Vienna: Picture Gallery (Great Museums of the World)

by Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti (Editor)

Other authorsGiorgio T. Faggin (Author)
Hardcover, 1969

Status

Available

Call number

ARTS A.101

Publication

Newsweek

Pages

171

Description

This volume is one of an extraordinary series of art books presenting, as on a guided tour, the Great Museums of the World. Each presents the museum's most important and memorable works of art--all especially photographed for this series and all reproduced in superb full color. Every volume in this series contains an introduction by the Museum's Director, and a lucid text commenting on the historical and artistic significance of the works and their creators. -- Provided by publisher. The Sculptural elegance of the Kunsthistorisches -- Vienna's renowned Art History Museum -- is a noble frame for the imperial art treasures housed within: The masterpieces from the private collections of Austria's Emperors, connoisseurs who assembled great works for art from the renaissance through the 19th century. -- Provided by publisher.… (more)

Description

This volume is one of an extraordinary series of art books presenting, as on a guided tour, the Great Museums of the World. Each presents the museum’s most important and memorable works of art--all especially photographed for this series and all reproduced in superb full color. Every volume in this series contains an introduction by the Museum’s Director, and a lucid text commenting on the historical and artistic significance of the works and their creators. Showcases many of the Vienna's Museum paintings from Germany, Italy, Flanders, Holland, Spain, France and Switzerland.

Collection

Barcode

1497

Language

Physical description

171 p.; 11.5 inches

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Nice, but not a very impressive collection

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ARTS A.101
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