Boston Museum of Fine Arts
4) A catalogue of the collection of prints from the Liber studiorum of Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Publisher
Priv. print. [The Merrymount Press]
Pub. Date
1916
Language
English
Author
Publisher
MFA Publications
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This newly updated edition of the definitive guide to the MFA's most enduring masterpieces provides an enticing introduction to a collection that circles the globe and spans thousands of years. Featuring more than 500 works of art from Native American ceramics to European silver, Egyptian funerary arts to Warhol silkscreens, alongside world-renowned paintings and sculpture, all reproduced in vibrant colour this guide invites readers and visitors alike...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The color blue has enchanted mankind since the beginning of time. From ancient Egyptian mummies to modern American music, the hue resurfaces again and again throughout art and cultural history. This ... gathers over two hundred images from the collection of the Museum ... that reveal how this coolest of colors has spanned the ages. Short essays by myseum curators explore the color's ever-shifting significance, creation, and symbolism"--Publisher's...
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Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In the decades around 1900, postcards were Twitter, email, Flickr and Facebook, all wrapped into one. A postcard craze swept the world, and billions of cards were bought, mailed and pasted into albums. Many famous artists turned to the new medium, but one of the great pleasures and enigmas of postcards is how some of the most beautiful and interesting examples were made by artists whose names we barely know. Drawing on the riches of the Leonard A....
13) Art of the Japanese postcard: the Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Publisher
MFA Publications
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
18) Arts of Japan
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Series
Publisher
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...
