{"product_id":"the-barnes-foundation-masterworks-isbn-9780847838066","title":"The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks","description":"The Barnes Foundation, established by scientist, entrepreneur, and educator Dr. Albert C. Barnes in 1922, is home to a legendary art collection. Barnes assembled one of the world’s largest and finest groups of post-impressionist and early modern paintings, with holdings by such luminaries as Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Rousseau, Modigliani, Soutine, Manet, Monet, Seurat, Degas, Van Gogh, and Gauguin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Foundation’s collection also holds significant examples of American art, including works by Demuth, Glackens, and the Prendergasts; African sculpture; Native American ceramics, jewelry, and textiles; Asian paintings, prints, and sculptures; medieval manuscripts and sculptures; Old Master paintings by El Greco, Rubens, Titian, and others; ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art; and American and European decorative arts and metalwork. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe presentation of the collection reflects Barnes’s educational and aesthetic approach: symmetrical “ensembles,” or wall compositions, combine works of different periods, mediums, cultures, and styles for the purpose of comparison and study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTexts by Judith F. Dolkart and Martha Lucy explore the Barnes Foundation’s collection, educational mission, ensembles, and individual works. Large color plates, little-seen archival photographs, and numerous gatefolds illustrate 150 of the greatest hits of the collection and twenty gallery ensembles.\u003ci\u003e\"The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive guide to the Foundation, affordably priced to help make it accessible to the public. The cover pictures three objects—a Matisse painting, an African sculpture, and a key—suggesting the idiosyncratic nature of the collection, applied to a cloth cover that has the tactile quality of the galleries’ cloth-covered walls.” ~\u003ci\u003ePentagram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you can’t get to the Barnes Foundation in downtown Philadelphia to see all these wonderful works up close and personal, then the selected pieces profiled in \u003ci\u003eThe Barnes Foundation: Masterworks\u003c\/i\u003e will be more than adequate to whet your appetite and keep you sated until you can…” ~\u003ci\u003eFashion Maniac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith F. Dolkart\u003c\/b\u003e is chief curator of the Barnes Foundation. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eJames Tissot: The Life of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). \u003cb\u003eMartha Lucy\u003c\/b\u003e is associate curator of the Barnes Foundation.","brand":"Skira Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305389871333,"sku":"NP9780847838066","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847838066.jpg?v=1767738267","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-barnes-foundation-masterworks-isbn-9780847838066","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}