Many of us in the last few generations first learned about the Metropolitan Museum of Art while reading EL Königsburg’s novels. From the mixed files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Like the book’s young protagonists, Claudia and Jamie Kincaid, many of us have fantasized about escaping to live in that vast cultural institution. But you may have wondered where to get enough reading material to get you through those long nights after work, among other more practical concerns. Königsburg gave Claudia and Jamie a visit to the Old Donnell Library Center, but what about the Metropolitan Museum of Art itself?
What we probably didn’t realize when we were younger is that the Metropolitan Museum of Art is not only a museum, it’s also a publisher. now, At MetPublications Digital Archivea wide variety of books, guides, and periodicals published for over a century. 1911 Catalog of the Museum’s Pottery, Porcelain and Faience Collection (This refers to tin-glazed pottery)—at the time of writing— Mets latest issue breaking newsabout Mexican printmakers such as Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. These and more than 1,600 publications in between are free to read. read onlineand some Downloadable in PDF format.
You may find problems with breaking news About everything from frank lloyd wright to Interwar photography to korean artWe also have exhibition catalogs such as: Anglomania: British fashion traditions and transgressions, The Art of Lighting: The Limbourg Brothers and Jean de France, Belle Heure of Duc de Berry (His core works of calendar art were previously featured in Open Culture), Van Gogh in Arles, The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeerand Poetry of Nature: Edo Paintings from the Fishbein Bender Collection. MetPublications offers a lot of interesting reading, but if you suddenly find yourself needing to do some serious art history research, you’ll also find it to be a much more useful resource than Claudia or Jamie.
input Click here for the MetPublications Digital Archive, And once you get there, especially “Free Download” Section.
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