Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    Select a Thematic Category African Art American Art Ancient Near Eastern Art Art of the Americas Asian Art Byzantine Art Egyptian Art European Art Greek and Roman Art Islamic Art Medieval Art Oceanic/Pacific Art Prehistory Select a Department American Decorative Arts American Paintings and Sculpture Ancient Near Eastern Art Arms and Armor Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Asian Art The Costume Institute Drawings and Prints Education Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman Art Islamic Art The Libraries Medieval Art and The Cloisters Musical Instruments Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art Objects Conservation Paintings Conservation Paper Conservation Photographs Robert Lehman Collection Scientific Research Textile Conservation

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  Lists of Rulers

Bibliography

From its beginning in 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has published catalogues of special exhibitions and guides to its permanent collection. A vast and diverse public is reached through the Museum's various publications, which now include—in addition to the exhibition and collection catalogues and periodicals, such as the quarterly Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin and the annual Metropolitan Museum Journal—a wide range of educational publications and multimedia, including online features, CD-ROMs, and video.

Museum publications on display as part of the exhibition The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions (October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009).

The Bibliography is comprised of the nearly 2,000 Metropolitan Museum of Art publications since 1964, and is further enriched by other publications whose primary focus is on Metropolitan Museum works of art. It serves as a central portal for research and a teaching tool on the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Browse these titles classified by thematic category (i.e. Colonial American Art or Korean Art or European Art in the Renaissance), the respective departments of the Museum (i.e. Ancient Near Eastern Art or Photographs or The Costume Institute), author's last name, title, year of publication, and publication type. Each title further display links into additional information in Watsonline, the central library catalogue of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JSTOR for Bulletin and Journal articles, or more generally WorldCat. In addition, links to directly relevant content on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History will be provided.