Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by:
Thomas Hoving (author)
Eve Metz (author)
A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster exhibitions for the museum and made him a legend. Photos.
A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster exhibitions for the museum and made him a legend. Photos.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780671880750 (0671880756)
ASIN: 671880756
Publish date: February 15th 1994
Publisher: Touchstone
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Mr Hoving turned the Metropolitan Museum of Art from a staid collection of paintings and sculpture into a vibrant collection of all that art can and should be, for anyone to come in and enjoy. That is opinion, but one generally held by most historians who studied the evolution of Manhattan’s jewel d...