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The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide -- Revised Edition 2009

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Guide features 320 works of art, almost 150 of them new additions to the book. The entries represent some of the finest pieces from the museum’s ten curatorial departments: African and Amerindian Art, American Art, Architecture and Design, Asian and Ancient Art, Contemporary Art, European Decorative Arts, Medieval through Modern European Painting and Sculpture, Photography, Prints and Drawings, and Textiles. Each work is reproduced in full color and discussed in a brief and lively entry. With an emphasis on modern and contemporary art, which will be featured in the Art Institute’s new Modern Wing, this convenient volume offers the reader a generous sampling of the celebrated works of one of the country’s most esteemed museums.

Softcover; 336 pages with 330 color illustrations.

6" x 9" x 1".

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