Metropolitan Seminars in Art, Portfolio 3: Expressionism is the third volume of a twelve-volume set from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This volume includes 12 glossy unbound plates (25-36) and a sheet of review questions. The plates are: (25) The Starry Night by Van Gogh; (26) Christ at Gethsemane by El Greco; (27) The Burial of the Count of Orgaz by El Greco; (28) Two Nudes by Rouault; (29) The Singer Building by Marin; (30) Two Ladies in the Street by Kirchner; (31) The Annunciation by Simone Martini; (32) Head of the Virgin from The Annunciation by Simone Martini; (33) Christ on the Cross by Rubens; (34) Christ on the Cross with Landscape by El Greco; (35) Painted Cross by Master of the Saint Francis Legend; and (36) Moonlight Marine by Ryder. About the entire series: These 12 Portfolios present a systematic course of art study. The plan of the course is original. It is a carefully considered program of art education and of self-education, especially developed by the Museum to help the layman reach some satisfactory understanding of the paintings that attract his interest in the museums of the world, or wherever else he may see them. Each portfolio contains an envelope of color reproduction plates, a sheet of review questions, and a preview sheet of the next lesson. The 12 portfolios are: (1) What is Painting?, (2) Realism, (3) Expressionism, (4) Abstraction, (5) Composition as Pattern, (6) Composition as Structure, (7) Composition as Expression, (8) Fresco, (9) Tempera and Oil, (10) Water Color, Pastel and Prints, (11) The Artist as a Social Critic, (12) The Artist as a Visionary.

Canaday, John