The Christmas Story: From the Gospels of Matthew and Luke - Rilegato

Metropolitan Museum Of Art (New York, N. Y.)

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ISBN 10: 1419723073 ISBN 13: 9781419723070

Casa editrice: Harry N Abrams Inc, 2017

Riassunto

The majestic story of Christmas, from the Annunciation to the Epiphany, has long inspired great artists. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection is particularly rich in medieval and Renaissance paintings that depict this timeless story. Gathered here are paintings by Rogier van der Weyden, Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, and Gerard David, among others, sensitively coupled with excerpts from the King James Bible. The perfect book for the entire family, The Christmas Story is a treasure to be enjoyed year after year.
 

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"Illustrated with classic paintings, the story of Christmas - from Advent to the Epiphany - for all ages" --The Bookseller

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest museum in the Western Hemisphere and the world’s most encyclopedic art museum. Founded in 1870, the Museum embraces more than two million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present, in all artistic media and at the highest levels of creative excellence.

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• Editore: Harry N Abrams Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1419723073
• ISBN 13: 9781419723070
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 32