Rendez-vous with Art by Philippe De Montebello
This book is about how we experience art, how we look at it, how we think about it. It is structured in the form of a series of conversations in some of the best-known museums in the world, but also outside the museums, where we often look upon art in a completely different way. The two protagonists are Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 31 years to 2008, and the art critic Martin Gayford. In the process, both men convey, with subtlety and brilliance, the delights and significance of their subject matter.
'Once you experience art the way de Montebello does, you will never look at a painting, a sculpture, or even a museum visit the same way' - Michael Levin, Huffington Post
'Imagine taking a stroll round a few of high culture’s most famous sights with the former head of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New YorkThis is the pleasure that 'Rendez-vous with Art' offers … ' - House & Garden
'A kind of international visual Desert Island Discs … This book of shared enthusiasm is an example for those who try to look intelligently and a touching reminder of the experiences for many that already do' - The Art Newspaper
'Two very agreeable companions who sweep us up on a magic carpet to drop in on great works of art' - Literary Review
'Packed with insight on aesthetic experience, the context of museums, and how display affects how we look at art. A thought-provoking read' - Apollo
'Imagine taking a stroll round a few of high culture’s most famous sights with the former head of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New YorkThis is the pleasure that 'Rendez-vous with Art' offers … ' - House & Garden
'A kind of international visual Desert Island Discs … This book of shared enthusiasm is an example for those who try to look intelligently and a touching reminder of the experiences for many that already do' - The Art Newspaper
'Two very agreeable companions who sweep us up on a magic carpet to drop in on great works of art' - Literary Review
'Packed with insight on aesthetic experience, the context of museums, and how display affects how we look at art. A thought-provoking read' - Apollo
Philippe de Montebello is the longest-serving director in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s history. His retirement in 2008 was described as the end of an era ‘in the cultural life of the city, the state, the nation, and the world’. He is a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, and has a worldwide influence on cultural policies, often in an advisory capacity. He is now Fiske Kimball Professor at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and an Honorary Trustee of the Prado Museum. Martin Gayford is art critic for The Spectator and the author of acclaimed books on Van Gogh, Constable and Michelangelo. He is the author of many books, including Man with a Blue Scarf, Rendez-vous with Art, (with Philippe de Montebello), A Bigger Message, Modernists & Mavericks, A History of Pictures (with David Hockney), The Pursuit of Art and Spring Cannot be Cancelled, all published by Thames & Hudson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500239247 |
| ISBN 10 | 050023924X |
| Title | Rendez-vous with Art |
| Author | Philippe De Montebello |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-09-08 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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