The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum Studies
Volume 32, no. 1 (Spring 2006)
Edited by Gregory Nosan
Featuring more than 40 objects handpicked by President and Director James Cuno, this special issue of Museum Studies continues the Art Institute of Chicago’s ongoing attempt to bring its collecting activities into wide, public view. The publication takes an extended look at important acquisitions made by each of the museum’s ten curatorial departments in 2004 and 2005, surveying a dazzling range of works by artists both ancient and modern, ranging from architectural models, rare books, and decorative arts to paintings, photographs, and digital video installations. Among the objects highlighted are an imposing bronze ritual vessel from early ninth-century China; a delicately rendered sixteenth-century nativity scene by Fra Bartolommeo; Roy Lichtenstein’s innovative, arresting Mirror in Six Parts; and paintings and works on paper by noted artists such as Claude Monet, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Jasper Johns, and Son Man-jin. Illuminated by generous, full-color reproductions and a lively, accessible text, this is an indispensable guide to the newest and finest the Art Institute has to offer.
Articles in this publication:
“African and Amerindian Art”
“Architecture and Design”
“Asian Art”
“Contemporary Art”
“European Decorative Arts and Sculpture, and Ancient Art”
“Medieval to Modern European Painting and Modern European Sculpture”
“Photography”
“Prints and Drawings”
“Ryerson Library”
“Textiles”
96 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.
ISBN-13: 9780300112580
ISBN-10: 0300112580
