Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Enchanting floral imagery from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts to inspire anyone who loves art and design.
Celebrating an era of dynamic and creative cross-pollination between Japanese design and European Art Nouveau at the turn of the last century, Le Japon Artistique features stunning floral imagery drawn from a variety of rare books held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Celebrating an era of dynamic and creative cross-pollination between Japanese design and European Art Nouveau at the turn of the last century, Le Japon Artistique features stunning floral imagery drawn from a variety of rare books held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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English
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Blue, the world's favorite color, is elegantly showcased in more than 200 artworks from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Representing a diversity of movements, cultures, and media that spans the ages and the globe, the objects in Blue range from ancient Egyptian jewelry and traditional Japanese prints to Impressionist paintings and indigo-dyed textiles. Short essays from museum curators on the significance and symbolism of the color...
Author
Publisher
H.N. Abrams
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Description
The 125 paintings in this volume are organized in three sections -- European, American, and international modern paintings. The entries, dated from 1310 to 1973, represent works of Titian, El Greco, Rubens, Rembrandt, Manet, Degas, Cezanne, Copley, Whistler, Eakins, Homer, Picasso, and Pollock are some of the masters represented. The introduction relates the history of Boston's enviable collection. Each plate is accompanied by a brief introduction...
12) Arts of Japan
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Series
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D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"The MFA's holdings of Japanese art make up the finest and most comprehensive collection outside of Japan. This overview features many of the collection's best-known and much-loved works, including rare and famous paintings such as the eighth-century Buddhist painting Shaka, the Historical Buddha, Preaching on Vulture Peak and the thirteenth-century narrative handscroll Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace. Also included are magnificent examples of woodblock...