[texts by Licia Collobi Ragghianti and the curatorial staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Newsweek,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1978.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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171 p. :
Other Physical Details
col. ill. ;
Dimensions
30 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Great museums of the world
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes indexes.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 168).
CONTENTS NOTE
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Ancient Egypt, ancient Near East -- Ancient Greece, ancient Rome -- Iran, Islam -- India, Indonesia, China, Japan -- Africa, Oceania, pre-Columbian America -- Italy -- France -- Germany -- Flanders, Netherlands -- Spain -- England, United States -- History of the collections -- The building.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A brief history of the founding and development of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a pictorial survey of selected works of art in the museum's collections.