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British Museum

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Works: 10,989 works in 15,113 publications in 59 languages and 219,194 library holdings
Roles: Editor, Other, Publisher, Producer, Former owner, Collaborator, Photographer
Classifications: pr1119, 069.0942142
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10 editions published between and 1976 in English and held by 978 libraries worldwide
This volume is the companion catalog to the Tutankhamen exhibit that toured six American museums in the late 1970's. It contains photographs taken from the original glass negatives of the 1922 dig. It includes 55 objects from the tomb of Tutankhamen included the boy-king's solid gold funeral mask, a gilded wood figure of the goddess Selket, lamps, jars, jewelry, furniture, and other objects for the afterlife. A combination of the age-old fascination with ancient Egypt, the legendary allure of gold and precious stones, and the funeral trappings of the boy-king created an immense popular response. Visitors waited up to 8 hours before the building opened to view the exhibition.
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6 editions published between and 1981 in English and held by 914 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published in in English and held by 910 libraries worldwide
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32 editions published between and 1990 in English and German and held by 864 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published in in English and held by 808 libraries worldwide
White, the governor of the ill-fated Roanoke, was the official artist on several of Raleigh's voyages.
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8 editions published between and 2006 in English and held by 729 libraries worldwide
One of the most creative and influential artists in the history of art, Michelangelo (1475-1564) was a prolific sculptor, painter, architect, and draftsman whose drawing practice was essential to his work in all media. This important and beautiful book focuses on more than ninety Michelangelo drawings executed in red and black chalk and pen and ink. In the accompanying text, distinguished art historian Hugo Chapman examines the remarkable array of works and discusses how the act of drawing figured prominently in the evolution of Michelangelo's career. An introductory chapter discusses Michelangelo's contemporary fame, his training and choice of techniques, and the role of drawing in the genesis of his paintings, sculptures, and architecture. The author also describes the artist's frugal use of paper, explaining how he often recycled letters and drawings (working on both the front and back of the sheet) throughout his career. Organized chronologically, the book looks at Michelangelo's early development in Florence and Rome, his accomplishments as papal artist for the Sistine Chapel ceiling with its preparatory studies, and his drawings for the tomb of Julius II, the Medici tombs, the Laurentian library, and the Last judgement. The fascinating history of the fate of Michelangelo's drawings after his death is also explored in detail. From pen studies made when Michelangelo was in his early twenties to the visionary Crucifixion scenes carried out shortly before his death six decades later, this essential book testifies to the fundamental importance of drawing in the work of this great Renaissance master.--Book jacket.
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4 editions published between and 2003 in English and held by 715 libraries worldwide
Follows Albrecht Dürer's career from his first work in the medieval tradition of Martin Schongauer, through his Italian education in the classical tradition, to his sophisticated development of the woodcut and engraving techniques that changed the history of printmaking.
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3 editions published in in English and held by 705 libraries worldwide
"Outside the United States, the British Museum has the most comprehensive collection of American prints of the first half of the twentieth century. American Prints from Hopper to Pollock reproduces 147 outstanding prints by 74 leading American artists, including George Bellows, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois and Jackson Pollock, providing an overview of American printmaking before the rise of the big print workshops of the 1960s and 1970s." "The first half of the 20th century was a period of great change in America, and this publication examines American society and culture through the prints produced by some of the most important artists of the time. It opens with John Sloan's Ashcan School etchings in the 1900s and concludes with Jackson Pollock and the triumph of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s. Many of the images in the intervening period explore the changing urban landscape of New York, the onset of the Depression, the romanticized visions of the American heartlands by the Regionalists, and the response to the rise of Fascism in Europe and America's entry into the Second World War." "With its compelling illustrations and illuminating text, this is a book that raises the profile of American printmaking at a dynamic time in America's history. With 162 illustrations"--BOOK JACKET.
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27 editions published between and 2007 in English and held by 683 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published in in English and held by 674 libraries worldwide
"This volume...looks at the varied reactions's to Hogarth's prints and the different identities imposed upon the artist over the centuries: witty satirist, stern moralist, libertine, aggressive self-promoter, detached observer, and man of the people."--Jacket.
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6 editions published between and 1977 in English and held by 666 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 663 libraries worldwide
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22 editions published between and 2000 in English and English, Middle and held by 453 libraries worldwide
 
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Alternative Names

controlled identity British Library

B.M
Britanskij Muzej <London>
Britisches Museum <London>
British Museum
British Museum. Reading Room
British Museum, The
Briṭish Muzeʼon
Britské muzeum v Londýně
Britské muzeum v Londýně czecze
Da Ying bo wu guan
Daiei Hakubutsukan
Great Britain. British Museum
London. British Museum
London. Museo Britanico
Londres (GB) British museum
Matḥaf al-Barīṭānī
Musée Britannique <London>
Museo britanico
Museo britannico Londres
Museum Britannicum
Museum Britannicum <London>
Muzeum Brytyjskie.
Ta Ying po wu kuan
The British Museum
בריטיש מוזיאום
מוזיאון הבריטי
大英博物館
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