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The Glassell collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston : masterworks of Pre-Columbian, Indonesian, and African gold / by Frances Marzio

Houston, Tex. : Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011

404 S. : überw. Ill., 1 Kt.

Englisch

Introduction / Frances Marzio

978-0-300-17595-0 (hardcover)

2011027862

OCoLC: 837978593     

unbewegtes Bild | Katalog | Bildband

NK7102.H68

739.2/20747641411     Ähnliche Literatur

Basisklassifikation: 20.00 (Kunstwissenschaften: Allgemeines) ; 21.92 (Edelmetallkunst) ; 73.62 (Kunstethnologie; Musikethnologie)

*Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Präkolumbische Zeit ; Indonesien ; Goldschmiedekunst ; Westafrika ; Katalog ; Bildband      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Glassell, Alfred C -- (Alfred Curry) -- 1913-2008 -- Art collections -- Catalogs ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston -- Catalogs ; Goldwork -- Private collections -- Texas -- Houston -- Catalogs ; Goldwork -- Catalogs

"Masterworks of Pre-Columbian, Indonesian, and African Gold explores two hundred dazzling works donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, by collector and philanthropist Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008). The book offers fresh insights into the enduring appeal of gold and its artistic manifestations in diverse cultures"--Provided by publisher