Sister Wendy's American Collection

Name: Sister Wendy's American Collection
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ISBN: 9780060195564

ISBN-10: 0060195568

ISBN-13: 9780060195564

Edition: 2000

Authors: Wendy Beckett, Toby Eady Associates Staff

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Sister Wendy Beckett has been dubbed a "pop star" by the New York Times and "a phenomenon" by the Washington Post. She is certainly one of the world's best-known and best-loved art critics, familiar to millions from her wildly popular art series on PBS. In Sister Wendy's American Collection, she visits six of America's most prestigious museums: the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts), the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, Texas), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In each, Sister Wendy chooses a wide variety of artpaintings, sculpture, porcelain figures-and draws…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/24/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.882
Language: English

Sister Wendy became a nun at the age of 16, went on to live for nearly 20 years as a hermit, and then was exposed to the world in a successful television career as the 'art nun'. She is the author of over 20 books with art as the main theme. She continues to live a cloistered life, devoted to prayer.



Introduction


Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


Art Institute of Chicago


Cleveland Museum of Art


Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth


Los Angeles County Museum of Art


Picture Credits


Index