The Barnes Foundation : masterworks

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The work The Barnes Foundation : masterworks represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Swedenborg Library, Bryn Athyn College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Barnes Foundation : masterworks

Title remainder

masterworks

Statement of responsibility

Judith F. Dolkart and Martha Lucy ; with contributions by Derek Gillman

Creator

• Barnes Foundation

Contributor

• Dolkart, Judith F
• Lucy, Martha

Subject

• Art -- Collections privées -- Pennsylvania | Merion -- Catalogues
• Art -- Private collections
• Art -- Private collections -- Pennsylvania | Merion -- Catalogs
• Barnes Foundation
• Barnes Foundation -- Catalogs
• Barnes, Albert C., (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951
• Barnes, Albert C., (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951 -- Art collections -- Catalogs
• Barnes, Albert C., (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951 -- Collections d'art -- Catalogues
• Catalogs
• Pennsylvania -- Merion
• ART -- Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General

Genre

• Catalogues
• Catalogs

Language

eng

Summary

• "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, Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Rousseau, Modigliani, Soutine, Manet, Monet, Seurat, Degas, Van Gogh, and Gauguin. The 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. The 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. Texts 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."--
• "This volume represents the first overview of works from the art collection of the Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA, highlighting the diversity of cultural forms assembled by Dr. Albert C. Barnes"--

Assigning source

• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

N5220.B28

LC item number

B37 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs