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Selections from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
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| Anne Barriault with Kay M. Davidson |
| 376 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 |
| 190 color illustrations |
| Cloth 978-0-917046-82-7• $45.00 |
| Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts |
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Including an updated introduction to VMFA’s history as well as
full-color reproductions of art from the permanent collection,
this newly designed, revised, and expanded edition of Selections
from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts features more 148 highlights
selected by the museum’s curators and staff. Spanning more than
five thousand years and representing a wide array of world cultures,
this volume includes works from the ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine,
ancient American, Asian, African, European painting, European
sculpture and decorative arts, modern and contemporary art, late
nineteenth- and early twentieth-century decorative arts, and American
art collections. For visitors to the museum and art connoisseurs,
this book presents a sampling of the diverse objects in VMFA’s
collection through color illustrations and lively, informative
descriptions and discussions of art.
Anne B. Barriault, art historian and author
of a book, articles, and essays on Italian Renaissance painting,
served as senior editor in VMFA’s publications department from 1990
to 1999. She is currently a writer and editor with VMFA’s Foundation.
Kay M. Davidson, clinical psychologist, is a writer
and research assistant at VMFA.
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