中文简介：

这是世界上**个真正可以随时随地参观的艺术博物馆。

这是一座虚拟的艺术博物馆，由Phaidon出版社创建并策展，收藏了史上精美的艺术品，且不受实际空间的限制。本书展示了1600多件艺术作品，包括绘画、雕塑、纺织品、照片、装置、行为艺术、影像艺术、版画、陶瓷、手抄本、金属制品和珠宝制品。

本书所展作品由28位策展人、评论家、艺术史家和艺术家组成的团队精心挑选，他们为创建这个革命性的虚拟博物馆贡献了自己的专业知识。这些专家来自以下机构：纽约大都会艺术博物馆、伦敦大英博物馆、波士顿美术博物馆、马里布的保罗-盖蒂博物馆、加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校、墨尔本拉筹伯大学、伦敦大学非洲和东方研究学院以及伦敦考陶尔德艺术学院。

这些艺术品从旧石器时代到现在，来自世界各地，有的妇孺皆知，有的默默无闻。《艺术博物馆》带领读者环游世界，穿越时空，展示了人类创造力的杰出范例，是一个没有墙壁界限的梦幻博物馆。

英文简介：

Visit the world's most comprehensive and compelling museum in a single book – the ultimate gallery in your own home

Housing the finest art collection ever assembled, this classic format of Phaidon's bestselling The Art Museum offers the ultimate museum experience without the boundaries of space and time. The rooms and galleries that live within this volume display more than 1,600 artworks, expertly selected from the original collection, including paintings, sculpture, textiles, photographs, installations, performances, videos, prints, ceramics, manuscripts, metalwork, and jewelwork.

The artworks included were carefully selected by a team of 28 curators, critics, art historians and artists who contributed their expertise to create this revolutionary 'virtual' museum. These experts came from such institutions as: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The British Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; the University of California, Berkley; LaTrobe University, Melbourne; the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London; and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

Works originate from the Palaeolithic era to the present and come from all around the globe and include both iconic and lesser-known pieces. This extraordinary book takes the reader on a tour around the world and through the ages, presenting the finest examples of human creativity within its covers – a dream museum without the boundaries of walls.