Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago - Hardcover

Renowned throughout the world for its extraordinary collections, the Art Institute of Chicago has evolved swiftly and impressively over its 221-year history and is now cherished by many museum-goers for its late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European and American paintings. For other visitors, the extensive Asian collections are the draw, or the museum's Old Master drawings, photography exhibits, decorative arts, or much-adored miniature Thorne Rooms. This exciting volume's more than 400 luscious reproductions also reveal the fact that the museum is rich in the arts of ancient Egypt, Greece, Italy, and pre-Columbian North and South America. Selected by the museum's longtime director, James N. Wood, and explicated by the prolific art historian Debra Mancoff, these stellar works of art not only stand as highlights of the magnificent holdings of one fine institution but also constitute a glorious sampler of humankind's visual explorations, expressions, and revelations. Donna Seaman
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