The Metropolitan Museum of Art guide

Abstract

"For this volume, curators from all seventeen curatorial departments collaborated to identify works that represent the scope of our collection in the most compelling way"--Director's foreword.

Contents

Ancient World : Ancient Near Eastern Art -- Egyptian Art -- Greek and Roman Art -- Across Cultures : Asian Art -- Islamic Art -- Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas -- Arms and Armor -- Musical Instruments -- Europe : Medieval Art -- The Cloisters -- Drawings and prints -- European painting -- European sculpture and decorative arts -- Robert Lehman Collection -- United States : The American Wing -- Modern Era : The Costume Institute -- Modern and Contemporary Art -- Photographs