Cincinnati Art Museum Collection Highlights
Introduction by Aaron Betsky, Director. Catalogue entries by the curators of the Cincinnati Art Museum
Published by GILES in association with Cincinnati Art Museum
Publish Date — June 2009 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 392 pages, 254 × 178 mm (7 × 10 in.), portrait
Illustrations — 340 colour and 20 b&w illustrations
Hardback price — UK£24.95/ US$49.95
ISBN — 1-904832-53-9
ISBN — 978-1-904832-53-9
Book Details (pdf) — Cincinnati-AI-LR.pdf
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Press Release — Outstanding survey of six thousand years of art...
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“the book serves to educate even the most exposed art connoisseur” Florida International Magazine
Features highlights from one of the major mid-western museums, including works by Botticelli, Titian, Rubens, Picasso, Renoir, Derain, Modigliani and Chagall, and details from the mural by Miró for the Cincinnati Terrace Plaza Hotel, an example of the New International style.
Includes items from the internationally renowned collection of costumes and textiles, including haute couture outfits by Dior, Balenciaga and Lanvin, and by prominent local dressmakers
About the Book
As one of the oldest art institutions in the United States, the Cincinnati Art Museum has an unparalleled collection of over 60,000 works spanning six thousand years. This beautifully illustrated new volume highlights over 300 works of art from this unique collection, featuring examples of painting and sculpture, decorative art, prints, drawings, photographs, costumes and textiles from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Asia and the Middle-East, Africa, North and South America and Europe.
