Selections

A portable Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, this handbook features signature works associated with the Museum as well as many other pieces notable for their quality and charm. More than 100 eloquent entries -- each accompanied by a full-color reproduction -- explain cultures ancient and modern, European and Asian, Medieval and African, American and Mediterranean. Accessible and informative, Selections introduces highlights of the Virginia Museum's collections. Lively discussions of individual works are rich with historical anecdotes and insight into artists' techniques and styles.