Art Encounters

Selections from the Cornell Fine Arts Museum Collection

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$29.95 US
| $39.95 CAN
On sale Jan 14, 2019 | 256 Pages | 9781785512063

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. 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. 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.
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.

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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. 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. 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.

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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.
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