Calouste Gulbenkian Museum: Director's Choice - Softcover

Pimentel, António Filipe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785514210 ISBN 13: 9781785514210

Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

• Accessible highlights tour of this renowned museum
• Rich with explanations and insights by the museum’s director
• Features a diverse range of artworks spanning the ancient world to the 20th century
• An addition to the successful Director’s Choice series

The Museu Calouste Gulbenkian’s houses one of the world’s most important private art collections, comprising artworks assembled by Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian and ranging from Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Mesopotamian art to painting, sculpture and the decorative arts. In this addition to the successful Director’s Choice series, António Filipe Pimentel, who has been the Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum since January 2021, showcases a range of spectacular pieces, summarising the Museum’s treasures in a beautifully illustrated guide.

About this title

About the Author

António Filipe Pimentel has been the Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum since January 2021. In 2009/10, he took on the role of Director of the Grão Vasco Museum in Viseu, and between 2010 and 2019 he was Director of the National Museum of Ancient Art (Lisbon), as well as being Deputy General Director for Cultural Heritage.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785514210
• ISBN 13: 9781785514210
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80