No other museum covers the history of humanity and its achievements as thoroughly as The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 24 half-hour lectures, illustrated with more than 400 works of art, Professor Richard Brettell introduces you to virtually every department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each department is a museum unto its own, representing one of the world’s finest collections in its field. The first floor alone houses Greek and Roman Art; Egyptian Art; Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; Arms and Armor; European Sculpture and Decorative Arts; Modern Art; and the Robert Lehman Collection. The course is truly a user-friendly guide to a mammoth institution that has amassed astonishing treasures.
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Syllabus
- The Making of the Museum
- The Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Asian Art
- The Ancient Near East and Islamic Art
- European Painting I—The Renaissance
- European Painting II—16th–17th Centuries
- European Painting III—18th Century
- European Painting IV—19th Century
- Drawings and Prints
- Photographs
- European Decorative Arts
- European Sculpture
- The Arts of Africa and Oceania
- The Ancient New World
- Musical Instruments and Arms and Armor
- Costumes and Textiles
- American Art 1650–1865
- American Art 1865–1900
- 20th-Century Art—Before World War II
- 20th-Century Art—After World War II
- The Robert Lehman Collection 1400–1800
- The Robert Lehman Collection 1800–1960
- The People of the Museum
Taught by
Richard Brettell