The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Guide by Christina M. Nielsen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Guide, is more than just a museum guide. It offers an objective yet insightful overview of the collection and its formidable founder. I enjoyed learning about Mrs. Gardner’s motives and intentions for creating one of the most widely representative, yet eclectic public collections in the United States. Likewise, her biography is rich, respectfully articulated, and never dull. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is among my favorite collections that guarantees a new experience with every visit. The Guide, with its many beautiful photographs, offers both the reader who has never been and the museum visitor a cohesive narrative regarding the collection in its entirety. It brings perspective to a seemingly disparate assemblage of art, objects, and furnishings and puts into focus a well-curated collection that reflects the tastes and goals of its admirable founder.
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