An encyclopedic survey of the world's art from the Detroit Institute of Arts' distinguished collection

Reprint of Treasures of the DIA presents 175 masterworks from the museum's encyclopedic collections: from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome to the present day and spanning the globe.Among the more notable works are Vincent van Gogh's Self-Portrait, James Abbott McNeill Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, Bruegel's The Wedding Dance, a Kongo Nail Figure, the Mesopotamian Dragon Panel from the Ishtar Gate, and Diego Rivera's monumental Detroit Industry murals, and much more.With essays by Debra N. Mancoff and Salvador Salort-Pons