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Art Encounters

Art Encounters

Selections from the Cornell Fine Arts Museum Collection

By (author) Ena Heller
By (author) Elizabeth Coulter
By (author) Amy Galpin

$29.95

  • Only book available on this extensive collection
  • Highlights the museum's strength in European paintings with works by Old Masters Rosselli, Tiepolo, and Dürer; 18th and 19th-century artists including Gilbert Stuart, George Romney, Thomas Gainsborough and William-Adolphe Bouguereau; and 20th-century works by Guy Carleton Wiggins, Jacob Lawrence, Jean Charlot, plus an important selection from the Bloomsbury Group
  • Includes contemporary works by Dawoud Bey, Rosalyn Drexler, Sam Gilliam, Jenny Holzer, Whitfield Lovell, Kara Walker and a largely unpublished treasure trove of watch keys
Full Description

With one of the oldest and most distinguished collections in Florida, the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College can boast of more than 5,500 objects from antiquity to the contemporary. This beautifully designed volume is the first to celebrate the museum’s broad and eclectic holdings, including Old Masters, photography and works on paper, American and European paintings, 20th-century works and an exciting new contemporary collection, as well objects, artefacts, and archaeological fragments from world cultures. Contents: Foreword; Open-Ended Thinking: The Role of Campus Museums in the Twenty-First Century; Highlights from the Collection; Collectors and Collecting at Rollins College; Further Reading; Endnotes.

About the Author

Ena Heller is the Director of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College. Elizabeth Coulter is Dale Montgomery Fellow at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum. Amy Galpin is Chief Curator of the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, and was formerly Curator at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum.

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Specifications
Publisher
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
ISBN
9781785512063
Published
14th Jan 2019
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
8.27 in x 9.84 in
Pages
256 Pages
Illustrations
115 color
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