Boston Museum of Fine Arts

"Ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan civilizations come vividly to life in this selection of over one hundred highlights from the MFA's collection of Classical art. An introduction by curators Christine Kondoleon and Richard A. Grossmann outlines the geographical and historical scope of the Classical world from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, describes the range of materials and techniques used by ancient artists, and provides a brief history of...

"The MFA's holdings of Japanese art make up the finest and most comprehensive collection outside of Japan. This overview features many of the collection's best-known and much-loved works, including rare and famous paintings such as the eighth-century Buddhist painting Shaka, the Historical Buddha, Preaching on Vulture Peak and the thirteenth-century narrative handscroll Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace. Also included are magnificent examples of woodblock...

The African art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers a portal into the life and politics of a large and complex continent with a wealth of history and culture. The highlighted works in this volume have been selected to illuminate different societies and periods, and to offer an introduction to traditions within the wider field of African art. They are presented through the framework of their original contexts: refined bronze sculptures...

The Chinese art collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is one of the finest outside East Asia, with particularly superb holdings of paintings and ceramics, along with important sculptures, bronzes, and examples of the decorative arts. Some one hundred objects have been selected here to represent its riches, arranged to explore themes such as religion or the scholar tradition throughout China's long history. The works featured in Arts of China...