I Heart Art:: Work We Love from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Description

A charming, chunky book filled with more than 150 works we love from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The book is divided into different themes for readers to explore, including people, animals, transportation, and places. Accompanying text provides readers with insight into each piece without distracting from the beauty of the work. From paintings to collages to sculptures to photographs, I (Heart) Art helps readers discover the best that the museum has to offer. Among the artists included are Jennifer Bartlett, Romare Bearden, Rosa Bonheur, Canaletto, Mary Cassatt, Marc Chagall, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Hokusai, Winslow Homer, Edmonia Lewis, Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, and Andy Warhol.

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 five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present, in all artistic media, and at the highest levels of creative excellence.