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Rendez-vous with Art
Philippe de Montebello
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Description for Rendez-vous with Art
Hardcover. Focuses on how we experience art, how we look at it, how we think about it. This book is structured in the form of a series of conversations in some of the best-known museums in the world, but also outside the museums, where we often look upon art in a completely different way. Num Pages: 248 pages, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 742.
This book is about how we experience art, how we look at it, how we think about it. It is structured in the form of a series of conversations in some of the best-known museums in the world, but also outside the museums, where we often look upon art in a completely different way. The two protagonists are Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 31 years to 2008, and the art critic Martin Gayford. In the process, both men convey, with subtlety and brilliance, the delights and significance of their subject matter. ... Read more
This book is about how we experience art, how we look at it, how we think about it. It is structured in the form of a series of conversations in some of the best-known museums in the world, but also outside the museums, where we often look upon art in a completely different way. The two protagonists are Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 31 years to 2008, and the art critic Martin Gayford. In the process, both men convey, with subtlety and brilliance, the delights and significance of their subject matter. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500239247
SKU
V9780500239247
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About Philippe de Montebello
Philippe de Montebello is the longest-serving director in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s history. His retirement in 2008 was described as the end of an era ‘in the cultural life of the city, the state, the nation, and the world’. He is a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, and has a worldwide ... Read more
Reviews for Rendez-vous with Art
'Once you experience art the way de Montebello does, you will never look at a painting, a sculpture, or even a museum visit the same way' - Michael Levin, Huffington Post 'Imagine taking a stroll round a few of high culture’s most famous sights with the former head of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This is the ... Read more