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Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization

by Thomas Hoving

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One early morning of an exceptionally beautiful day I got the idea of retracing every step of my life as an art expert--from 1951--and writing down the works of art that had bowled me over visually and emotionally. The ones that after years I could describe down to the tiniest details, as if standing in front of them. These are the ones that changed my lif“ So begins Thomas Hoving--the man who revolutionized the Metropolitan Museum of Art and with it the museums of the world--in this sumptuous book that contains his passionate, opinionated, and sometimes controversial selection of the 111 masterpieces of Western art. Encompassing classical Greek statuary, paintings by Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Renoir, Munch, and Pollack, frescoes by Piero Della Francesca, mosaics, altarpieces, tapestries, even Benvenuto Cellini's Great Salt Cellar,this book takes a fresh, engaging look at Western man's artistic accomplishments. Interpreted with wit, zeal, and passion, The Greatest Works of Artincludes treasures from the Museum of Modern Art, the Phillips Collection, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, and of course the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Thomas Hoving, a former director of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the man who invented the blockbuster exhibition and changed forever the sleepy world of the art museum. He has written two novels and several works of nonfiction, including the national best-seller Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art.He was editor-in-chief of Connoisseurmagazine and is now president of Hoving Associates Inc., an international museum and cultural affairs consulting firm.
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ISBN:
9781885183538
Author:
Hoving, Thomas
Publisher:
Artisan
Location:
New York :
Subject:
History - General
Subject:
Art
Subject:
Criticism
Subject:
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
Subject:
Catalogs
Subject:
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum
Subject:
Art museums
Subject:
Art museums -- Catalogs.
Subject:
Criticism - General
Subject:
General
Subject:
Art criticism
Copyright:
1997
Series Volume:
v 6
Publication Date:
19970110
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
11 x 11
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
11.38x11.46x1.10 in. 4.50 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , One early morning of an exceptionally beautiful day I got the idea of retracing every step of my life as an art expert--from 1951--and writing down the works of art that had bowled me over visually and emotionally. The ones that after years I could describe down to the tiniest details, as if standing in front of them. These are the ones that changed my lif“ So begins Thomas Hoving--the man who revolutionized the Metropolitan Museum of Art and with it the museums of the world--in this sumptuous book that contains his passionate, opinionated, and sometimes controversial selection of the 111 masterpieces of Western art. Encompassing classical Greek statuary, paintings by Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Renoir, Munch, and Pollack, frescoes by Piero Della Francesca, mosaics, altarpieces, tapestries, even Benvenuto Cellini's Great Salt Cellar,this book takes a fresh, engaging look at Western man's artistic accomplishments. Interpreted with wit, zeal, and passion, The Greatest Works of Artincludes treasures from the Museum of Modern Art, the Phillips Collection, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, and of course the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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