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Museum Masterpieces: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.

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

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