The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, is an unusual gallery for art. In this luminous setting, the art takes on heightened immediacy and vividness. For gallery-goers and fine art critics and enthusiasts, this book offers a comprehensive, inside look at the layout and stunning architecture of the museum. A succession of wall planes delineate separate galleries. Each gallery has at least one open corner, inviting fluid movement. The museum's 164-acre grounds are non-chronological, prescribing no specific route. Visitors are encouraged to wander from Renaissance to Classical to the Rodin Court, prompting unforeseen visual connections.