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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now
72.95 USD
Met Museum publications make the perfect gifts for art lovers. By Akili Tommasino With contributions by Andrea Myers Achi, Erykah Badu, Makeda Best, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Awol Erizku, Lauren Halsey, Iman Issa, Solange Knowles, Mia Matthias, Julie Mehretu, Kai Mora, Jennifer Newsom, Matthew Shenoda, and Fred Wilson From the late nineteenth century onward, Black Americans looked to ancient Egypt as evidence of a preeminent ancient culture from the African continent. Flight into Egypt traces ancient Egypt's influence on artists, from Edmonia Lewis's sculpture The Death of Cleopatra (1876) to the efflorescence of Afrocentric visual art during the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and artistic tendencies of the ensuing decades. This volume explores how Black artists, writers, and musicians-and modern and contemporary Egyptian artists-have employed ancient Egyptian imagery to craft a unifying identity. Authors bring to light the overlooked contributions of Black scholars to the study of ancient Egypt, while statements by contemporary Black and Egyptian artists illuminate ancient Egypt's continued hold on the creative imagination. Akili Tommasino is Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art.
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DK Publishing The Met 5000 Years of Awesome Objects
37.94 USD
Bring the art home with a Met Museum publication. By Aaron Rosen, Susie Hodge, Susie Brooks and Mary Richards Imagine having 5,000 of human history's most amazing artefacts at your fingertips! Go on a trip through the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art without ever leaving your home! Prepare to explore the treasures of the world's civilizations-from ancient Egyptian amulets, Mayan jewelry, and prehistoric tools-to Medieval tapestries, Renaissance suits of armor, and modern-day baseball cards. Each page brings you closer to the past as you learn about the people of different ages through the objects they left behind. Discover hand-picked highlights of the museum's huge collection as you travel through history, one incredible object at a time. This book combines exclusive Met photography with colorful and quirky illustrations in a resource that parents can trust, with a design that kids will love.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Surrealism Beyond Borders
47.95 USD
Edited by Stephanie D'Alessandro and Matthew Gale Challenging conventional narratives of a revolutionary artistic, literary, and philosophical movement, this publication traces Surrealism's influence and legacy from the 1920s to the late 1970s in places as geographically diverse as Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Romania, Syria, Thailand, and Turkey. The catalogue includes more than 300 works of art in a variety of media by well-known figures-including Dalí, Ernst, Kahlo, Magritte, and Miró-as well as numerous artists who are less widely known. Contributions from more than forty distinguished international scholars explore the network of Surrealist exchange and collaboration, artists' responses to the challenges of social and political unrest, and the experience of displacement and exile in the twentieth century. The multiple narratives addressed in this expansive book move beyond the borders of history, geography, and nationality to provocatively redraw the map of Surrealism. Stephanie D'Alessandro is the Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Senior Research Coordinator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Matthew Gale is Senior Curator at Larger at Tate Modern.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Surrealism Beyond Borders
72.95 USD
Edited by Stephanie D'Alessandro and Matthew Gale Challenging conventional narratives of a revolutionary artistic, literary, and philosophical movement, this publication traces Surrealism's influence and legacy from the 1920s to the late 1970s in places as geographically diverse as Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Romania, Syria, Thailand, and Turkey. The catalogue includes more than 300 works of art in a variety of media by well-known figures-including Dalí, Ernst, Kahlo, Magritte, and Miró-as well as numerous artists who are less widely known. Contributions from more than forty distinguished international scholars explore the network of Surrealist exchange and collaboration, artists' responses to the challenges of social and political unrest, and the experience of displacement and exile in the twentieth century. The multiple narratives addressed in this expansive book move beyond the borders of history, geography, and nationality to provocatively redraw the map of Surrealism. Stephanie D'Alessandro is the Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Senior Research Coordinator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Matthew Gale is Senior Curator at Larger at Tate Modern.
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DK Publishing The Met Board Book Set
52.94 USD
Art gifts for kids inspired by The Met collection. Immerse your little ones in the enriching world of art with these four board books published in collaboration with DK. The set, including The Met Colors: A Colorful Book of Art, The Met Black and White: A High Contrast Book of Art, The Met 123: A Counting Book of Art, and The Met ABC: An Alphabet Book of Art, introduces young kids to beloved artworks at the Museum, and teaches both observational and memory skills through fun activities.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie
42.95 USD
A Met Museum publication is the perfect gift. By Iris Moon Monstrous Beauty presents a bold cross-cultural history of porcelain told through a feminist lens. Prized for its delicate quality and whiteness, porcelain was first imported to Europe from China in the early modern period and gained lasting associations with Chinoiserie, a style that encapsulated associations of mystery and enchantment with Asia. This book probes the collective anxieties around gender, race, and sexuality lurking under the surface of this ornate style, derided by some eighteenth-century critics as monstrous and unnatural. In interconnected essays, Iris Moon unpacks Chinoiserie's language of curiosity and exoticism. Here, close looking at garnitures, plates, teacups and saucers reveals how the desire to collect and possess porcelain created entrenched cultural myths of the Asian woman, and how it later extended into such mediums as photography and film. In addition, sixteen readings by contemporary artists and scholars, of works ranging from the sixteenth century to the present, respond to this fraught history by asking how we can engage in meaningful dialogues about Chinoiserie today. Iris Moon is associate curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas Is Coming!
32.94 USD
By The Metropolitan Museum of Art It's the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas Is Coming! celebrates everything we love about the holiday season. This richly illustrated treasury-with artwork from The Metropolitan Museum of Art-includes favorite Christmas stories and poems along with seasonal songs and recipes. Specially commissioned for this book are original poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Naomi Shihab Nye, Marilyn Singer, Alma Flor Ada, Janet S. Wong, and J. Patrick Lewis, plus all-new holiday recipes from Erin Gleeson, Yvette van Boven, Yotam Ottolenghi, and chefs from The Dining Room at The Met. Throughout is artwork from The Met collection, ranging from religious paintings depicting the Nativity to jolly illustrations of Santa Claus to wintry scenes of snowy landscapes and ice skaters. With gorgeous art and a joyful text, Christmas Is Coming! is a delightful book for the entire family to share.