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This newly revised guide to the vast collections and buildings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including the Cloisters, decribes nearly 900 works of art from the museum's 18 curatorial departments, selected by its director Philippe de Montebello, ranging from the art of the ancient world to that of the present day. 869 illustrations, 829 in full color.
This volume from the SAA Press examines the impact of looting and the use of artifacts of unknown provenance in the humanities and social sciences, ranging from the impact of amnesty laws for reporting stolen cultural property to the use of Google Earth to assess the scale of illicit excavations, and from the impact of poorly sourced artifacts on early Mycenaean and Minoan studies to the structure of the growing commercial trade in ancient coins.
The publication of this comprehensive catalogue celebrates the distinguished career of William D. Wixom at the Metropolitan. Highlighted in these pages are more than three hundred purchases and gifts, the great majority of which have been on view but many of which have remained unpublished until now. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.