NEW YORK CITY ART

A Guide to the Works of Art in New York. This "Guide to the Works of Art in New York City" has been compiled with data from art works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Commission of the City, the Municipal Art Society, and the West 156th Street group of societies.

Metropolitan Museum of Art The metropolitan museum of art is a private corporation, founded in 1870 by a number of public-spirited citizens, and managed by a board of trustees. The Museum building was provided by the city. The Metropolitan is the largest and richest art museum in America; it is a vast storehouse of treasures in the several departments of the fine arts.

The Hispanic Museum. Velazquez and Goya paintings. On the walls of the Hispanic Society, paintings of Velazquez, and Goya are displayed along other vspanish objects and works of art.

Spanish Paintings Carvings and Textiles. On the Hispanic Society museum are displayed Carvings, paintings and textiles, along other spanish objects and works of art.

Art Museums, Libraries, Societies. This is an index of some of the City´s art museums, societies and exhibitions.

Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is a brief description of the City´s most important art museums: the Brooklyn museum, and the metropolitan museum of art.

Municipal Gallery and New York Historical Society. The unicipal gallery, and the new york historical association.

New York Public Library and Washington Headquarters. The new york public library, and the washington headquarters.

The Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is situated at Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue, near the main entrance to Prospect Park, and may be reached from New York by subway. The collections are provided by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

American paintings and artists. Entering the Brooklyn Museum take the elevator at the end of the corridor to the third floor, which is entirely devoted to art. On the walls of the landing are large photographs of Gothic cathedrals, of special interest are the collection of american paintings from american artists.

Egyptian Collection. Pottery, glass and porcelain. The Egyptian and prehistoric collection is in the wall case. The Tiffany glass is a representative exhibit. Beside this is Venetian glass of the XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth centuries. There follow cases of pottery, and a collection of English glass. The Woodward collection of Greco-Roman glass is in gallery 8. Gallery 9 is filled with textiles and the wall cases with European porcelain.

European Gallery and Renaissance Sculptures. The Woodward collection of jade is installed in the room opening out of the Tissot gallery. It includes a comprehensive selection of various classes of objects including chinese jade, European paintings and Renaissance sculpture.

Italian frescoes and American Sculpture. Beyond, in the small hall, are most interesting old Italian frescoes of the XVth and XVIth centuries. Then the Avery collection of Chinese cloisonnes is opposite the elevator. The chief works of interest in the sculpture art are in the American sculpture galleries 5.

Prints by European and American artists. Beyond this corridor is the Print Gallery, which was organized in 1914 and contains selections from an entire collection of between 3,000 and 4,000 prints by modern American and European artists.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The metropolitan museum of art is a private corporation, founded in 1870 by a number of public-spirited citizens, and managed by a board of trustees. The Museum building was provided by the city. The Metropolitan is the largest and richest art museum in America; it is a vast storehouse of treasures in the several departments of the fine arts.

Chinese porcelain exhibition and American contemporary artists. Immediately next to the porcelain room are the Primitives in gallery 34; the Italians are continued through 33, to see American and other XIXth century and contemporary paintings from american artists.

Classical Terracotas, Marbles and Oriental art. Before leaving the Museum turn to the right and pass through gallery 8 looking at some of the terra cotta figurines from Greece, Asia Minor, and Lower Italy. Go through the far door, turn to the left and in the south end of the main entrance hall are some important original Greek and Roman marbles.

Egyptian art, monuments and medieval armours. Entering the Museum we find ourselves in an impressive hall. At the right is the beginning of the series of rooms devoted to the Egyptian section. Then we pass to the Armour exhibition.

Greek and Roman Bronzes and Rodin Sculptures. The room of greek and roman bronzes by the left archway and we find ourselves facing a large marble group. Opposite this is a large plaster cast of "The Thinker," by the greatest French sculptor, Rodin.

Italian Renaissance Art Passing into gallery 38 we find furniture, rugs, sculpture, and other objects, chiefly of the Italian Renaissance, that is, of the XVth and XVIth centuries.

Musical Instruments and Decorative Arts. This remarkable collection consists of about 4,000 keyboards and instruments of all nations and includes the earliest known piano, that made by Cristofori in 1720.Passing thence through several galleries of casts° we come to the entrance of wing F, which is devoted to the decorative arts. Here, in a series of 25 galleries, we find Gothic and Renaissance furniture, sculpture, woodwork and tapestries. The XVIIIth century decorative arts, mainly French.

Renaissance Painting: Venetian Dutch and Flemish. We have now reached gallery where every paintings is of importance, in this exhibition we find Renaissance Painting. Venetian, Dutch and Flemish artists.

Textiles, Chinese Jade and Bronze Sculptures. We now take the elevator at the end of the gallery near where we entered, and ascend to the second floor to the exhibition of Textiles, Jade and Small Sculpture in Bronze.