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![]() ![]() In showing these works together, I can show a clear example of how Japanese woodblock prints were a huge inspiration to modern European artists in the nineteenth century-the impact of that relationship might be less if the images were split across different areas of the museum. One of my favorite examples of this is the ukiyo-e print room in the Modern Art Gallery, which sits next to a painting by James McNeill Whistler. It also creates amazing opportunities to see works side-by-side that are from different geographical areas. By the final wing, there are no geographical galleries, and art from around the world sits alongside each other.īy displaying works this way, I hope that readers will be able to see how cultures and artists from all around the world have interacted with each other as the world became more connected over time. Then in the second wing, we look at broader areas, such as the galleries for European Painting or the Arts of Asia, which includes works from South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan. In the first wing, the galleries are divided into smaller regions, like Ancient Egypt, East Asia, or the Ancient Romans. ![]() Within those wings are many different “galleries” encompassing art from around the world during that period. There are three “wings” in the book that group ancient, early modern, and modern/contemporary art. ![]()
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