Kimbell Art Museum: Guide

ISBN: 0300196334

Author: Kimbell Art Museum

Condition: New

Completely updated, this comprehensive guide covers the Kimbell Art Museums world-renowned collection of masterpieces. Its publication is timed to coincide with the highly anticipated opening of the museums new building, designed by Renzo Piano.The book highlights more than 250 works of art from the museums collection, which ranges from ancient to modern times and includes European works by artists such as Caravaggio, Bernini, Cézanne, and Matisse; important Egyptian and classical antiquities; and exquisite Asian, Precolumbian, and African works. The handsomely designed book features new photography of all of the museums recent acquisitions, including Michelangelos Torment of Saint Anthony and Nicolas Poussins Sacrament of Ordination. Each work in the book will be illustrated and accompanied by informative text written by the Kimbells curatorial staff and leading scholars.Distributed for the Kimbell Art Museum