An oral portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is based on interviews with fifty-two people, from its security guards and cleaners to its philanthropist supporters and famous patrons, in a celebration of the role of people in how the Met is operated and sustained.
"The ninth installment in the award-winning Museum City Videos series, this documentary explores the city that never sleeps. World-recognized Big Apple landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, the Guggenheim Museum, the Chrysler building, and the Met are part of this whirlwind tour that also includes lesser-known attractions like the Frick Collection and the Morgan Library. This 52-minute segment is designed to tantalize, fascinate, and delight all audiences. With commentaries on the
A unique oral portrait of the Met, drawing on interviews with everyone from the director to the security guards. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the greatest museums in the world. It is an enormous place that takes up five city blocks and has more than two million square feet of space, filled with treasures everywhere the eye can see. There are exquisite vases, jewelry, tapestry, baseball cards, Egyptian mummies, sculptures, and furniture, and many of the most famous and recognized paintings in the
A unique oral portrait of the Met, drawing on interviews with everyone from the director to the security guards The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the greatest museums in the world. It is an enormous place that takes up five city blocks and has more than two million square feet of space, filled with treasures everywhere the eye can see. There are exquisite vases, jewelry, tapestry, baseball cards, Egyptian mummies, sculptures, and furniture, and many of the most famous and recognized paintings in the
Unicorn Garden - The Met Museum of Art Tie This terrific tie from the Metropolitan Museum of Art is most probably based on a tapestry. This modern 90's era tie is made of silk and is in great shape. 3.5x58.5inches (SKU# T05055)
Need Assistance? Please call us at 212-570-3949 or email us at Steve Ross Saturday, November 14, 2009, 7:00 PM Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium $40.00 WARNING: Please complete your transaction. Concerts & Lectures ticketing will be unavailable online for approximately 45 minutes at 3:45:00 AM due to regular maintenance. To purchase tickets through our box office please call 212-570-3949. Select number of tickets Choose a section Orchestra $40.00 Front Mezzanine $40.00 Upper Mezzanine $40.00
Need Assistance? Please call us at 212-570-3949 or email us at Pacifica Quartet Saturday, October 24, 2009, 7:00 PM Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Masumi Per Rostad, viola Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin Simin Ganatra, violin Brandon Vamos, cello Pacifica Quartet Janáček—Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters” Brahms—Quartet in A Minor, Opus 51, No. 2 Mozart—Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K.465, “Dissonant” Only New York concert This concert is supported in part by the Grace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross Concert Fund.
My first novel, The Island , was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... | October 18, 2009 Victoria Hislop Art- Museology Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 9780670038619 067003861x Only 1 left in stock at $17.50! A unique oral portrait of the Met, drawing on interviews with everyone from the director to the security guards The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the greatest museums in the world. It is an
Poster, created by Byron Browne, for free Victory Concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York City, showing Nike of Samothrace, sponsored by The Juilliard School of Music, The New York Public Library, and The Metropol
“Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.” With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation’s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this endlessly entertaining follow-up to his bestselling social history 740 Park, Gross pulls back the shades of secrecy that have long shrouded the upper class’s cultural and
An oral portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is based on interviews with fifty-two people, from its security guards and cleaners to its philanthropist supporters and famous patrons, in a celebration of the role of people in how the Met is operated and sustained. Reprint.
The ninth installment in the award-winning Museum City Videos series, this documentary explores the city that never sleeps. World-recognized Big Apple landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, the Guggenheim Museum, the Chrysler building, and the Met are part of this whirlwind tour that also includes lesser-known attractions like the Frick Collection and the Morgan Library. This 52-minute segment is designed to tantalize, fascinate, and delight all audiences. With commentaries on the
Need Assistance? Please call us at 212-570-3949 or email us at de Montebello: Watteau & Words Thursday, November 19, 2009, 6:00 PM Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium $25.00 Select number of tickets Choose a section Orchestra $25.00 Front Mezzanine $25.00 Upper Mezzanine $25.00 Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Fiske Kimball Professor in the History of Culture and Museums, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Watteau and Words: A Reading of French Poetry
Curatorial Department European Paintings: All > Sorted by: AccessionNumber > Page: 1350 of 2421 European Paintings: All Work 1,350 of 2,421 The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828) 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm) possibly 1790s Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792) This information may change as the result of ongoing research. * This information may change as the result of ongoing research. Title Date Medium Dimensions Credit Line Accession Number Signatures,
Calendar > Calendar Results for in Calendar: 352 Summary: Search for in Sort results: Search within results: Select One Event Type Opening Date/Time Closing Date/Time Page of 1 Member Event (Results: 2 of 352. View all results in Member Event November 14, 2009 Members beginning at the Sustaining level are invited to start your weekend at the Museum with coffee, gallery studies, and a slide lecture in the Museum s Art Study Room, a state-of-the-art space located in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for
Need Assistance? Please call us at 212-570-3949 or email us at The Waverly Consort* Saturday, December 12, 2009, 1:00 PM The Cloisters $45.00 Select number of tickets Choose a section General Admission $45.00 The Waverly Consort The Christmas Story premiered at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1980 and returns every December to The Cloisters, its only New York City venue. Each holiday season, the Waverly Consort’s thirteen-member ensemble, under the direction of Michael Jaffee, performs on tour. The
Eastern Africa, 1900 A.D.–present Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia Supplemental Maps By the late nineteenth century, Britain, Germany, and Portugal end Arabic control of the Sudan, Swahili Coast, and East African interior. The Horn of Africa similarly falls under European rule when Italy invades the Kingdom of Ethiopia in 1935. Traditional forms of art created for ritual and utilitarian purposes, including masks and
Family Films The Museum offers periodic screenings of short films for families and young people. Family Festivals for upcoming family festivals. The Museum organizes periodic family festivals for open-ended, drop-in participation. Programming varies, but may include discussion, demonstrations, art-making projects, music, storytelling, and more.
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Museum : Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Product Description An intriguing oral portrait of the people behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Entertainment Weekly) Using more than fifty interviews, award-winning writer Danny Danziger creates a fascinating mosaic of the people behind New Yorks magnificent Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the aristocratic, acerbic director of the museum, Philippe de Montebello, to the curators who have a deep knowledge and passionate appreciation of their