Rendez-vous with Art

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Rendez-vous with Art

The fruits of a lifetime of experience by a cultural colossus, Philippe de Montebello, the longest-serving director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in its history, distilled in conversations with an acclaimed critic
Beginning with a fragment of yellow jasperâ€•all that is left of the face of an Egyptian woman who lived 3,500 years agoâ€•this book confronts the elusive questions: how, and why, do we look at art?

Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford talked in art galleries or churches or their own homes, and this book is structured around their journeys. But whether they were in the Louvre or the Prado, the Mauritshuis of the Palazzo Pitti, they reveal the pleasures of truly looking.

De Montebello shares the sense of excitement recorded by Goethe in his autobiographyâ€•"akin to the emotion experienced on entering a House of God"â€•but also reflects on why these secular temples might nevertheless be the "worst possible places to look at art." But in the end both men convey, with subtlety and brilliance, the delights and significance of their subject matter and some of the intense creations of human beings throughout our long history. 75 illustrations
Country USA
Brand THAMES & HUDSON LTD
Manufacturer Thames & Hudson
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber YES13132221
ReleaseDate 2014-09-16
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780500239247

Country	USA
Brand	THAMES & HUDSON LTD
Manufacturer	Thames & Hudson
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	YES13132221
ReleaseDate	2014-09-16
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780500239247

Rendez-vous with Art

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