Main entry:

Harvard University. Art Museums.

Title & Author:

Harvard's art museums : 100 years of collecting / James Cuno [and others].

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Museums ; New York : H.N. Abrams, 1996.

Description:

364 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs, and the Origins of the Harvard University Art Museums / James Cuno -- Chronology: History of the Harvard University Art Museums -- From Mementos to Masterpieces: Shaping the Asian Collections / Robert D. Mowry -- Asian Art -- Cultural Survivors and Time Travelers: Ancient Art on Quincy Street / David Gordon Mitten, Amy Brauer and Aaron J. Paul -- Ancient Art -- From Currant Cake to Shahnamehs, and Beyond / Stuart Cary Welch -- Islamic and Later Indian Art -- The Curator's Role: A View from the Department of Paintings and Sculpture / Ivan Gaskell -- Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts -- The Drawing Collection at 100 / William W. Robinson -- Drawings -- The Print Masterpiece and the Teaching Collection / Marjorie B. Cohn -- Prints -- Photography at the Crossroads / Deborah Martin Kao -- Photographs -- The Busch-Reisinger Museum in its Tenth Decade: Reflections on Survival and Success / Peter Nisbet -- Works in the Busch-Reisinger Museum.
Text by James Cuno, Marjorie B. Cohn, Ovan Gaskell, Deborah Martin Kao, David Gordon Mitten, Robert D. Mowry, Peter Nisbet, William W. Robinson and Stuart Cary Welch.

Summary:

Examines the three Harvard art museum collections providing an overview of the collection and discusses technical information and historical interpretation.

ISBN:

0810934272 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780810934276 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0916724875 (paperback ; alk. paper)
9780916724870 (paperback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Harvard University. Art Museums.
Harvard University
Harvard university art museums Catalogues.
Cambridge <Mass.> / Harvard University.
Art Massachusetts Cambridge.
20.00 art sciences: general.
Art
Beeldende kunsten.
Foto's.
Art museums Massachusetts Cambridge.
Massachusetts Cambridge
1896-1996

Form/genre:

catalogs (documents)
Museumcatalogues (form)
Catalogs.
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Cuno, James B.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 118224
Call No.: ID N526.A84; ID:96-B3441
Status: Available