This volume is one of an extraordinary series of art books presenting, as on a guided tour, the Great Museums of the World. Each presents the museum's most important and memorable works of art--all especially photographed for this series and all reproduced in superb full color. Every volume in this series contains an introduction by the Museum's Director, and a lucid text commenting on the historical and artistic significance of the works and their creators. -- Provided by publisher. The Sculptural elegance of the Kunsthistorisches -- Vienna's renowned Art History Museum -- is a noble frame for the imperial art treasures housed within: The masterpieces from the private collections of Austria's Emperors, connoisseurs who assembled great works for art from the renaissance through the 19th century. -- Provided by publisher.