TY - BOOK ED - Philadelphia Museum of Art. TI - Handbook of the collections SN - 0876330960 (alk. paper) AV - N 685 P544h 1995 U1 - 708.148/11 PY - 1995/// CY - Philadelphia, Pa. PB - Philadelphia Museum of Art KW - Philadelphia Museum of Art KW - Catalogs KW - Museo de Arte de Filadelfia KW - Catálogos KW - Art KW - Pennsylvania KW - Philadelphia KW - Arte KW - (Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Asian art Costume and textiles European decorative arts and arms and armor European painting and sculpture before 1900, including the John G. Johnson collection Prints, drawings, and photographs American art Twentieth-century art Special collections Publications about the museum Index of artists and makers N2 - This first comprehensive handbook of the Museum presents over four hundred masterpieces from its encyclopedic collections of Asian art; costume and textiles; European decorative arts (including arms and armor); European painting and sculpture; prints, drawings, and photographs; American art; twentieth-century art, and the art of Africa and Mexico. Each work is illustrated in full color and is accompanied by a short didactic text contributed by Museum curators. Introductory essays describes the formation of the various departments of the Museum ER -