"In honor of the Oriental Institute's centennial celebration, this special edition guide to 100 select highlights of the collections of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago presents objects from ancient Mesopotamia, Syro-Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Nubia, and Persia. The guide features a history of the collections, new photography, provenance information, and a brief description of each object"--
A richly illustrated companion to selected works from the collections at M+, Hong Kong’s new museum of 20th-and 21st-century visual culture. M+, Hong Kong’s new museum of contemporary visual culture, opens in 2021. Its varied collections include more than 6,000 works and objects from the worlds of visual art, moving image, and design and architecture; more than 1,500 works of contemporary Chinese art from the M+ Sigg Collection; the M+ Collection Archives, comprising some 45,000 items; and the M+ Library Special Collection. M+ Collections: Highlights presents the work of more than 300 artists, designers, film-makers, photographers, and architects, specially selected to represent the collections as a whole, from Zhang Peili and Charlotte Perriand, to Nam June Paik, Zaha Hadid, and Shigeru Ban. Each chapter encompasses a different decade of the collections’ span, from the 1950s to the present. The book consists of individual entries on featured makers, each paired with an insightful analysis by an M+ curator. Interspersed among these entries are twenty-four thematic essays that illuminate some of the ideas around which the collections have grown, including modernism in Asian art and the future of painting in a digital world. Full of unexpected connections and new perspectives, M+ Collections: Highlights serves as an invaluable—and beautiful—introduction to this innovative new museum’s world-class collections of modern and contemporary visual culture.
Every year, thousands of visitors flock to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the largest museum devoted exclusively to the arts of Asia in the United States. Featuring more than 18,000 artworks, the museum's world-class collection highlights the unique material, aesthetic, and intellectual achievements of Asian art and culture. This book presents two hundred and thirty exemplary works spanning both ancient and modern times. Among its many treasures, readers will find a Japanese clay jar from 3000-2000 BCE, a Chinese bronze Buddha dating to 338, a seventeenth-century Indian painting from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), a mid-twentieth-century Korean wrapping cloth, and a new Thai work made from textile, window mesh, safety pins, and amulets. A collaboration between museum curators, artists, educators, and collectors, the book also takes an in-depth look at fourteen masterpieces selected for their beauty, rarity, and historical importance. Stunning full-color photographs and new texts—including a foreword by museum director Ja Xu—offer fresh perspectives on both ancient and contemporary objects. A handsome addition to any art history collection, this volume is an essential resource for museum visitors as well as anyone interested in Asian art.
Stedelijk Collection Highlights is a visually plentiful overview of the most important artists of the Stedelijk Museum The accessible publication Stedelijk Collection Highlights presents works by 150 leading Dutch and international artists and designers that are part of the renowned collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Stedelijk Collection Highlights complements the extensive presentation of the art and design collection with which the renovated and expanded Stedelijk Museum opened in September 2012. Stedelijk Collection Highlights features essential discussions of a selection of the most significant works in the collection of the largest museum for modern art and design in the Netherlands. This makes this guide not only a valuable supplement to a visit to the museum but also an inspiring source of information on fascinating artists for a wide and young audience. With work by Carl Andre, Eva Besnyö, Wim Crouwel, Rineke Dijkstra, Marlene Dumas, Mike Kelley, Willem de Kooning, Kazimir Malevich, Aernout Mik, Piet Mondrian, Gerrit Rietveld and many others.
Published to celebrate the opening of the Denver Art Museum’s newly renovated campus, this stunning volume highlights masterworks from the museum’s global art collection. Published to celebrate the opening of the Denver Art Museum’s newly renovated campus, this stunning volume highlights masterworks from the museum’s global art collection. Founded in 1893, the Denver Art Museum is now one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast. Featuring around 70,000 works, the collection represents cultures from Africa and Asia to Europe and Oceania, from the ancient past to the present day. Housed in landmark buildings by Daniel Libeskind and Gio Ponti, the museum also showcases work by regional artists, and provides invaluable ways for the community to learn about the world.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops which complemented the 12th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2014, held in Salamanca, Spain, in June 2014. This volume presents the papers that have been accepted for the following workshops: Workshop on Agent-based Approaches for the Transportation Modeling and Optimization (AATMO 2014); Workshop on Agent-based Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems: Engineering and Applications (ABSEA 2014); Workshop on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems for Ambient-assisted Living and e-Health (A-HEALTH 2014); Workshop on Agent-based Solutions for Manufacturing and Supply Chain (AMSC 2014); Workshop on Intelligent Systems for Context-based Information Fusion (ISCIF 2014); Workshop on Multi-Agent based Applications for Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Systems (MASGES 2014); Workshop on Active Security Through Multi-Agent Systems (WASMAS 2014); Workshop on Intelligent Human-Agent Societies (WIHAS 2014).
Science/Fiction Collections offers different views and attitudes toward Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and descriptions of a variety of collections. Written during a time when Science Fiction and Fantasy writings had just gained widespread popularity, it offers suggestions and considerations for approaching any special collection dealing with a relatively new field.
