Download or read book Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Cooperation with the Departement of the Army of the United States of America 1948 1949 at the Detroit Institute of Arts the Cleveland Museum of Art the Minneapolis Institute of Arts written by Minneapolis institute of arts and published by . This book was released on with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Berlin Masterpieces in America written by Peter J. Bell and published by Giles. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume tells the story of some of the paintings rescued by the the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) organization, the so-called "Monuments Men." In December 1945, 202 paintings, found in German salt mines 2,100 feet underground, where they had been hidden to escape the allied bombing of Berlin, were brought to the United States "for safe keeping" by the Department of the Army. They were exhibited in 1948 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, before some of them were sent on a whistle-stop tour of 13 US cities, despite furious opposition from museum directors, Gallery staff, the public, government officials, and a resolution from 98 leading art authorities demanding the immediate return of the works to Germany. All the paintings, examples of Flemish, Dutch, German, French, English, and Italian Schools, were from museums in Berlin, and had been found in April 1945, along with 100 tons of Reichsbank gold, by the special team of art historians and experts, seconded in the US army, and charged with locating and restituting works of art looted by the Nazis. This book is the first to consider the paintings themselves; it features 22 artworks that were in the original NGA exhibition, including four paintings on loan from Berlin, augmented by others from Cincinnati Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Getty Museum, Miami University (Oxford, OH), and the Taft Museum.
Download or read book Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art of Central Africa written by Hans-Joachim Koloss and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1990 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums Exhibted in Cooperation with the Dept of the Army of the United States of America 1948 1949 at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Others written by Detroit Institute of Arts and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 50 Masterpieces written by Gemäldegalerie (Berlín, Alemania) and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first title in a series of guides, which will present a selection of masterpieces from world-renowned museums. The 50 works presented here are illustrated with full-page photographs and a wealth of details, and aspects of the building itself are illustrated. The text is written in an accessible manner and discusses
Download or read book Museum Island Berlin written by Michael Eissenhauer and published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home to five museums, including the Old and New Museums, the Old National Gallery, the Bode Museum, and the Pergamon Museum, Berlin's Museum Island was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999 and represents nearly two hundred years of museum history. In this new book, renowned experts on Museum Island take readers on a fascinating tour of the history and architecture of the museums located there, as well as their collections. The Essays included here focus on features and artworks of particular interest and are richly illustrated with both current and historical photographs. Broadening the scope, the book also includes discussions of the surrounding urban development, conservation efforts associated with the museums, and the ongoing redesign of Museum Island, which includes plans for expansion and the Archaeological Promenade. Museum Island is notable in that it illustrates the evolution of modern museum design throughout the twentieth century. For those interested in art, architecture, or conservation--or those hoping to visit--this book offers a comprehensive guide to the five museums and their masterpieces.
Download or read book Sixty six Masterpieces written by Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's great museums, the Pergamon Museum, lies on Berlin's Museumsinsel (Museum Island) complex, which is located between the Rivers Spree and Kupfergraben. Five museums were built on this site between 1824 and 1930 to house archaeological treasures and art collections. The last of the five to be built was the Pergamon Museum, which was designed by Alfred Messel and houses spectacular works of architectural antiquities, including collections of Assyrian, Far Eastern, Greek and Islamic art. Highlights include the Pergamon Altar, with a 394 foot frieze, the Market Gate of Miletus and the Ishtar Gate from Babylon.
Download or read book The Lost Museum written by Julien Chapuis and published by Michael Imhof Verlag. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[In this exhibition] only a minority of the works were original ... primarily ... photographic reproductions of paintings, plaster casts of sculptures, objects that had suffered varying degrees of damage, and even the remains of works of art ... [bearing] witness to the damaged or lost treasures that belonged to the Kaiser Friedrich Museum until 1945"--Director general's foreword.
Download or read book Museums in the German Art World written by James J. Sheehan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the history of ideas, institutions, and architecture, this study shows how the museum both reflected and shaped the place of art in German culture from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. On a broader level, it illuminates the origin and character of the museum's central role in modern culture. James Sheehan begins by describing the establishment of the first public galleries during the last decades of Germany's old regime. He then examines the revolutionary upheaval that swept Germany between 1789 and 1815, arguing that the first great German museums reflected the nation's revolutionary aspirations. By the mid-nineteenth century, the climate had changed; museums constructed in this period affirmed historical continuities and celebrated political accomplishments. During the next several years, however, Germans became disillusioned with conventional definitions of art and lost interest in monumental museums. By the turn of the century, the museum had become a site for the political and cultural controversies caused by the rise of artistic modernism. In this context, Sheehan argues, we can see the first signs of what would become the modern style of museum architecture and modes of display. The first study of its kind, this highly accessible book will appeal to historians, museum professionals, and anyone interested in the relationship between art, politics, and culture.
Download or read book Museum Island Berlin and Its Treasures written by Hans Georg Hiller von Gaertringen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This illustrated book guides the viewer through the museum of Berlin's Museum Island, highlighting major works in all five institutions. The tour spans from the Antiquities Collecion in Schinkel's Altes Museum to pantings and sculptures in the Alte Nationalgalerie, from great show pieces of ancient times in the Pergamon Museum to the Sculpture Collection in the Bode Museum and includes the Neues Museum"--Jacket.
Download or read book Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums Exhibted in Cooperation with the Dept of the Army of the United States of America 1948 1949 at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Others written by Detroit Institute of Arts and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Picasso and His Time written by Museum Berggruen and published by Nicholaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Gmbh. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a wide ranging collection of work by Picasso; including paintings, drawings and sculptures, all produced in high quality, large-format illustrations.
Download or read book Masterpieces of Western Art written by Robert Suckale and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2002 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the history of painting from medieval times to modern times with a focus on each era and its major artists. This volume traces the history of painting from medieval times to modern times with a focus on each era and its major artists.
Download or read book Gem ldegalerie written by Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, Germany) and published by Seemann Henschel. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gem ldegalerie of the Berlin State Museums is home to one of the finest and most exhaustive collections of European paintings anywhere. The collection provides a nearly seamless overview, from medieval panel painting all the way to Neoclassicism around 1800. This opulent publication presents 200 of the most important and impressive paintings from this world-famous collection. Represented are nearly all of the celebrated masters of the German, Dutch, Flemish, Netherlandish, Italian, French, Spanish, and English schools. Each work is presented as a large color illustration, set in its historical context, and provided with commentary based on the latest research.
Download or read book Jewish Museums of the World written by Grace Cohen Grossman and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish Museums of the World celebrates more than 150 Jewish museums from every point on the globe. Treasures from unexpected collections are featured in more than 400 illustrations, whose scope spans ceremonial to fine arts to history. A directory of all the museums contained in the book, as well as other, important sites of Jewish historical interest, provides basic information, including phone, fax, and Web sites. Combing the breadth of knowledge, the magnificence of the illustrations, and the inclusion of its encompassing directory, this book will make you feel as if you’ve taken a virtual tour of Jewish museums around the world.
