Thomas Hoving
Master Pieces
The Curator's Game
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.
THOMAS HOVING, former director of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, also served as
editor of Connossieur 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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