A selection of masterpieces of art, conserved in one of the world's most prestigious museums, whose collections cover the artistic output of all the cultures of antiquity to our time.
[Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art] In this volume one of the world’s most prestigious museums offers art lovers a selection of 250 masterpieces selected from its collections, which cover the artistic output of all the cultures of antiquity to our time, providing an overview of art in its historical evolution and shedding light on the points of contact among the various areas. Universally renowned masterworks – like the temple of Dendur, the Annunciation of Botticelli or the Young Woman with a Water Pitcher by Vermeer – alternate with extraordinary pieces from Africa and the Orient: goldsmithery, ritual statuettes, Oceanic masks, sculpture from black Africa, Islamic mosaics and codices.
The works, organized by chronological, geographical and cultural areas, are all shown in full-color illustrations, with explanatory profiles prepared by the museum’s specialists.