Christmas Story [Deluxe Edition]
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Christmas Story [Deluxe Edition]
By (Author) Metropolitan Museum of Art
Abrams
Abrams Books for Young Readers
13th October 2017
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
755.560747471
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 233mm, Height 267mm, Spine 14mm
400g
Description
The majestic story of Christmas, from the Annunciation to the Epiphany, has long inspired great artists. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection is particularly rich in medieval and Renaissance paintings that depict this timeless story. Gathered here are paintings by Rogier van der Weyden, Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, and Gerard David, among others, sensitively coupled with excerpts from the King James Bible. The perfect book for the entire family, The Christmas Story is a treasure to be enjoyed year after year.
Reviews
A beautiful, sophisticated merging of art and text that could be used in church programs on Christmas Eve or as an introduction to medieval and Renaissance painting for older students. * Kirkus *
Author Bio
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest museum in the Western Hemisphere and the worlds most encyclopedic art museum. Founded in 1870, the Museum embraces more than two million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present, in all artistic media and at the highest levels of creative excellence.
