
Art Encounters
Selections from the Cornell Fine Arts Museum Collection
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
Published on 30. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-78551-206-3 (ISBN)
Description
Only book available on this extensive collection. Highlights the museum's strength in European paintings with works by Old Masters Rosselli, Tiepolo, and D rer; 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works by Dawoud Bey, Rosalyn Drexler, Sam Gilliam, Jenny Holzer, Whitfield Lovell, Kara Walker and a largely unpublished treasure trove of watch keys With one of the oldest and most distinguished collections in Florida, the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College can boast of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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
115 colour
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78551-206-3 (9781785512063)
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Persons
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.
Content
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.