Ideals of Beauty Asian and American Art in the Freer and Sackler Galleries

Name: Ideals of Beauty Asian and American Art in the Freer and Sackler Galleries
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ISBN: 9780500204030

ISBN-10: 0500204039

ISBN-13: 9780500204030

Edition: 2010

Authors: Julian Raby

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New in theWorld of Art series is this guide to the treasures of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the national museums of Asian art at the Smithsonian Insitution inWashington DC. The museums house a spectacular array of Asian art, originally begun by the 19th-century collector Charles Lang Freer with aesthetic beauty as his sole guiding criterion, and now comprising one of the worlds most extensive collections outside Asia. The Freer Gallery also contains an important collection of 19th-century American art, featuring James McNeillWhistlers fantastic blue-and-gold Peacock Room, perhaps one of the earliest art installations on record. The guide presents the curators…

Book details

List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, Limited
Publication date: 1/18/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.30" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.902