Master Pieces: The Curator's Game (平装)
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品牌: Thomas HovingKate LearsonLori Stein
基本信息出版社:W. W. Norton (2005年12月18日)外文书名:代表作: 馆长的游戏平装:176页正文语种:英语ISBN:0393328384条形码:9780393328387产品尺寸及重量:23.4 x 18.8 x 1 cm ; 477 gASIN:0393328384商品描述内容简介A stunning visual game that helps readers enjoy, appreciate, and identify great works of art.
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 section of paintings accompanied by brief essays introduces a range of artists, themes, techniques, and styles, while progressively demanding "clues" are provided to help identify visual details in context. No experience is necessary to play this game. Readers at all levels will discover the fun of identifying and remembering great art. 250 color illustrations.编辑推荐FromBooklist
Credited with initiating the blockbuster exhibitions that have made museums a destination for the many rather than an enclave for the few, Hoving, a former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a best-selling author, shares an insider strategy, the "curator's game." It's a simple endeavor. One curator presents his or her peers with close-up photographs of details found in various artworks. The others must then identify the canvas from which it came. Since a curator's work, Hoving writes, is "all about looking," especially "scrutinizing the details," this game sharpens a curator's investigative skills and knowledge. In keeping with his egalitarian spirit, Hoving has created a challenging game of "master pieces" for the public: 214 details and verbal clues are sorted into categories that range from vases to farm animals to bottoms (Hoving's irreverent approach to nudes) to angels. These are followed by reproductions of the 57 paintings from which these details are taken, each the subject of a pithy and informative essay. In all, this is good, smart fun handsomely presented.Donna Seaman
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