Sentences with phrase «encyclopaedic museums»

As an encyclopaedic museum that aims to span the centuries and move well beyond western art, it needs, he says, both funds and art.

The exhibition will be on prominent view in a central gallery of the museum and will be the first of what is hoped to be a series of exhibitions — allowing the Ashmolean, the world's oldest encyclopaedic museum, to present the art of our time.

Not exact matches

Expansive, near encyclopaedic within its limits, and very beautiful, this exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum is not to be missed

This relationship to traditional often unfashionable materials and processes make the encyclopaedic collections at the National Museum Wales particularly fascinating for Büttner.

The Städel may be small compared to many museums with holdings of a similar quality, but it has what Hollein calls «an encyclopaedic spine» and, particularly since the museum agreed permanent loans from the Deutsche Bank Collection in 2008, it tells a very good story about German painting over 700 years — whether you're interested in medieval paradise - garden paintings or large - scale works by Anselm Kiefer.

These regal compilations of art on paper were generally encyclopaedic in scope and served as the precursors to public museum collections.

The San Diego Museum of Art is an encyclopaedic art museum in San Diego, Southern California, best known for its notable works by southern European aMuseum of Art is an encyclopaedic art museum in San Diego, Southern California, best known for its notable works by southern European amuseum in San Diego, Southern California, best known for its notable works by southern European artists

On a surface of 50,000 square metres, the museum houses an «encyclopaedic» permanent collection composed of different sections: Archaeology, Jewish art, European classic art, Impressionism, Modern art, design and architecture, all represented at the highest level.

Situated in New Britain, a small manufacturing town, the museum has an encyclopaedic collection which traces the entire development of American art.

The large - scale abstract work, Untitled (1971), will join the museum's encyclopaedic collection.