Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Great Museums of the World)

Great Museums of the World

by Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Adolph S. Cavallo (Foreword)

Museum of Fine Arts/ Boston is the eleventh volume in an extraordinary new series of art books presenting, as on a guided tour, the Great Museums of the World. Each presents the museum's most memorable works of art-all especially photographed for this series and all reproduced in superb full color by the finest European printing presses. Each volume has an introduction by the Museum's Director, and a lucid text commenting on the historical and artistic significance of the works and their creators, prepared by a distinguished staff of art historians.

Genres: Art

172 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti (18 March 1910 – 3 August 1987) was an Italian art critic, historian, philosopher of art and politician.

Ragghianti was the editorial director of Newsweek magazine's Great Museums of the World art series, first published in the late 60s.