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Master Pieces
Thomas Hoving
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Description for Master Pieces
Paperback. A stunning visual game that helps readers enjoy, appreciate, and identify great works of art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 250 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ABA; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 191 x 14. Weight in Grams: 536.
As Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a decade, Thomas Hoving brought art to a new level of public awareness by pioneering such blockbuster shows as the King Tut exhibit. Early in his career, Hoving was introduced to the "curator's game." Each week, he and his contemporaries met to examine details of larger museum masterpieces. Whoever correctly identified the detail in context won free coffee: the losers paid. In an imaginative adaptation of this exercise, Hoving introduces us to the challenge and the fun of identifying art, and to the rewards of familiarity with the great works. A ... Read more
As Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a decade, Thomas Hoving brought art to a new level of public awareness by pioneering such blockbuster shows as the King Tut exhibit. Early in his career, Hoving was introduced to the "curator's game." Each week, he and his contemporaries met to examine details of larger museum masterpieces. Whoever correctly identified the detail in context won free coffee: the losers paid. In an imaginative adaptation of this exercise, Hoving introduces us to the challenge and the fun of identifying art, and to the rewards of familiarity with the great works. A ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393328387
SKU
V9780393328387
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Ref
99-1
About Thomas Hoving
Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also served as editor of Connoisseur and cultural correspondent for ABC's "20/20." The author of fifteen books, including the bestsellers Making the Mummies Dance and Tutankhamun, he lives in New York City.
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