Philadelphia Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections

by philadelphia-museum-of-art

The first comprehensive handbook of the Museum presents more than 400 masterpieces. Asian art, costume and textiles, European and American arts, 20th-century art and the art of Africa and Mexico are represented.Each work is illustrated in color and paired with concise and educational text by the Museum's curators. A full bibliography and index are included for easy reference.

Genres: Art, Reference

360 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995

Reviews

[Beth Allen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved diving into our amazing museums collection and history. I have flagged a bunch of pages and will structure my next visits around seeing some key pieces.

[James Wilt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this as much as I loved visiting the actual Museum.

[fried.rambutans · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the catalog of the museum made famous by Rocky running up and down its front steps. The museum has a gorgeous collection and the handbook makes a nice souvenir for anyone who has ever visited it but due to time limit only get to see some part of the museum grounds.



When I went there, I saw works by Degas, Van Gogh (Sunflower!) and Rodin, but if you browse the book, you'll find so much more. As a rule of thumb, whenever I visit a museum I always ask for the softbound cover of its catalog because most of the time you only have less than 2 hours to tour the building!

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice little snippets running the history of art. Great collection of a great collection.