Ideals of Beauty: Asian and American Art in the Freer and Sackler Galleries

By: Julian Raby

Book Overview

The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington comprise the Smithsonian Institution's national museums of Asian art. The Freer Gallery opened to the public in 1923, and the Sackler Gallery welcomed its first visitors in 1987. The two museums are physically connected by an underground passageway and ideologically linked through the study, exhibition, and preservation of Asian art. In addition, the Freer Gallery contains an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500204039
• ISBN13: 9780500204030
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.4"