The Art Museum

At nearly 600 pages and featuring over 1600 artworks spanning all of human history, this is truly an encyclopedic museum in a book. Illuminating, authoritative essays on each object from curators from Metropolitan Museum, The British Museum, MFA Boston, the Getty, and more. Perfect gift book for an art student.

Boasting the most extensive collection of art ever compiled, this classic edition of The Art Museum from Phaidon provides a museum-level experience unrestricted by geography or chronology. With over 1,600 artworks, from paintings to installations and videos, representing a diverse array of disciplines, this volume features an expertly curated selection of pieces from the original collection, including sculpture, prints, textiles, photos, ceramics, manuscripts, metalwork, and jewels.

An expert team of 28 curators, critics, art historians, and artists handpicked the artworks for The Art Museum. These professionals hailed from the likes of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The British Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; the University of California, Berkley; LaTrobe University, Melbourne; the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London; and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. This assembly of specialists made the 'virtual' museum revolutionary.

Works featured run the gamut, from the Palaeolithic era to today, and from all corners of the world. This special book offers an immersive journey, giving readers the unparalleled opportunity to experience unsurpassed artistry from around the planet and throughout the centuries - without having to enter a museum.