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Founded in 1842 by Daniel Wadsworth, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art houses collections of nearly 50,000 works of art, spanning 5,000 years and embracing European art from antiquity through to Modernism as well as American art from the 1600s to today. Highlights include works by Caravaggio, Frederic Edwin Church, Salvador Dali, Fra Angelico, Paul Gauguin, Sol LeWitt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Rauschenberg and Kara Walker. This fully illustrated book is the first in many years to encapsulate the breadth of this prestigious collection, which has recently been re-presented in strikingly refurbished and reinstalled galleries.

Nine hundred years ago, foundations were dug for a great church in Exeter which would develop into the beautiful cathedral that still marksthe heart of the city. It is distinctive among English cathedrals for its twin transept towers, and unbroken vault stretching from the entrance to the high altar, and the sheer profusion of carving of plantsand animals throughout. Exeter is a heavenly garden in stone, and this new book, illustrated with specially commissioned photography, draws on archaeology, archives and imagery to explain what its builders in a surprisingly cosmopolitan city were trying to tell us about their understanding of the world, and the realm they envisioned beyond us.

The Meadows Museum, founded by AlgurH. Meadows, boasts one of the finest collections of Spanish art outsideSpain. This impressive handbook presents the breadth of the museum's holdings, which ranges from early Renaissance examples to modern works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Juan Gris. Most of the art was created during the Spanish Golden Age by Baroque artists such as Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Jusepe de Ribera. Francisco deGoya is represented by several notable paintings, as are a number of late 19th and early 20th century Spanish artists working both within andbeyond their native country's borders, such as Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, Raimundo de Madrazo, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, and Ignacio Zuloaga.Featuring beautiful illustrations and accessible text, this handbook offers an informative and engaging introduction to a trulyremarkable collection.