This first comprehensive presentation of this collection from the Cleveland Museum of Art, includes paintings by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Boudin and Manet among other innovative artists of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist period. Each painting is presented with descriptions detailing the artist's motifs and context of the work in the Impressionist era. The title, with its essays and over 100 colour plates, provides a thorough focus of the dramatic artistic development of the century between 1850 and 1950 through the remarkable pieces of this collection. 100 colour Illustrations

The Cleveland Museum of Art has accumulated one of the premier collections of Japanese art in the West, and this publication brings together its best examples of Japanese art.

A brilliant young woman joins the staff of a down-at-heels art museum and rescues a major project. Some of the strange characters she encounters ponder questions of art history, while others scheme and plot intrigues that reveal much of what to avoid in running a museum. Our heroine triumphs and moves on, pregnant, but happy.Discretion advised for strong language, a regrettable lack of nudity, and advanced art interpretation.

full color art catalogue of drawings by the artist Raoul Middleman while sequestered during the pandemic.includes an essay by Laurence Channing and an essay by the artist.