The British Museum A-Z Companion / Edition 1

by Marjorie Caygill

Overview

The British Museum A-Z Companion provides an entertaining and informative introduction to the objects in the collections of the British Museum, from Achaemenid silver to Ziwiye treasure, Alexander the Great to Jean-Antoine Watteau, through Greek vases, Japanese pottery, Nebuchadnezzar, Quezalcoatl, and the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This companion includes more than three hundred entries, with each chosen object or theme fully described and illustrated in colour; most entries also include suggestions for further reading on the subject. The British Museum A-Z Companion is also comprehensively indexed and cross-referenced, making it a useful research tool for all those interested in what has often been called the world's greatest museum of mankind's history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781579583033
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/2001
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

Editorial Reviews

"This novel and intriguing approach to guidebooks for museums should be in the reference collection of college libraries." — Library Journal

From the Publisher

This guidebook to the collections of the British Museum is arranged in a unique and interesting manner: alphabetically rather than by collection or museum department. Caygill (Treasures of the British Museum) hopes that this arrangement will allow museum visitors to view the collections in new ways. Although the book is not exhaustive, it does provide a useful introduction to the variety of objects in the museum, as well as areas and subjects that one might never have discovered otherwise. In addition, those seeking objects on a particular subject or artifacts of a given civilization will benefit. Every entry is accompanied by a clear and detailed photograph of one object and by a page of well-researched and scholarly information. The volume ends with plans/layouts of the museum's galleries, appendixes of fascinating information (the names of the kings of Assyria, numismatic terms, and terms used in printmaking), and a full and useful index. This novel and intriguing approach to guidebooks for museums should be in the reference collections of college libraries. Martin Chasin, Adult Inst., Bridgeport, CT Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

The guide is arranged alphabetically rather than by gallery in hopes users will find new and interesting juxtapositions of cultures and periods, and so new ways of looking at the Museum's collection. Each entry, however, is color coded to identify which department cares for the objects shown in the color photographs. The coverage is a representative sampling of the holdings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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