A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard. Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They’re the guards who roam unobtrusively in da...(展开全部)

This completely reconceived and rewritten guide to the Metropolitan Museum's encyclopaedic holdings - the first new edition of the guidebook in nearly thirty years - provides the ideal introduction to almost 600 essential masterpieces from one of the world's most popular and beloved museums. It features a compelling and accessible design, beautiful colour reproductions, and up-...(展开全部)

This completely reconceived and rewritten guide to the Metropolitan Museum's encyclopaedic holdings - the first new edition of the guidebook in nearly thirty years - provides the ideal introduction to almost 600 essential masterpieces from one of the world's most popular and beloved museums. It features a compelling and accessible design, beautiful colour reproductions, and up-...(展开全部)

卡尔文•汤姆金斯,《纽约客》杂志撰稿人，艺术评论家。1970年，汤姆金斯接受大都会艺术博物馆邀请，为其撰写建馆百年史《商人与收藏》。时至今日，此书仍是外界了解大都会艺术博物馆的重要作品。汤姆金斯的其他代表作包括《新娘和单身汉：五位先锋派大师》、《马塞尔•杜尚的世界》、《活得好就是对敌人最好的报复：杰拉尔德与萨拉•墨菲的生活》。

卡尔文•汤姆金斯,《纽约客》杂志撰稿人，艺术评论家。1970年，汤姆金斯接受大都会艺术博物馆邀请，为其撰写建馆百年史《商人与收藏》。时至今日，此书仍是外界了解大都会艺术博物馆的重要作品。汤姆金斯的其他代表作包括《新娘和单身汉：五位先锋派大师》、《马塞尔•杜尚的世界》、《活得好就是对敌人最好的报复：杰拉尔德与萨拉•墨菲的生活》。

卡尔文•汤姆金斯,《纽约客》杂志撰稿人，艺术评论家。1970年，汤姆金斯接受大都会艺术博物馆邀请，为其撰写建馆百年史《商人与收藏》。时至今日，此书仍是外界了解大都会艺术博物馆的重要作品。汤姆金斯的其他代表作包括《新娘和单身汉：五位先锋派大师》、《马塞尔•杜尚的世界》、《活得好就是对敌人最好的报复：杰拉尔德与萨拉•墨菲的生活》。

[美] 凯瑟琳·卡利·贾利兹（Kathryn Calley Galitz） 欧洲艺术学家、作家、讲师。任职于纽约大都会艺术博物馆，负责重要国际展览的策展与艺术教育。

A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster exhibitions for the museum and made him a legend. Photos.

The Art Museum is the finest art collection ever assembled between two covers. This revolutionary and unprecedented virtual art museum in a book, features 1,000 oversized pages of over 2,500 works of art. It is the most comprehensive and visually spectacular history of world art ever published. Ten years in the making, this unique book was created with a global team of 100 spec...(展开全部)

The Art Museum is the finest art collection ever assembled between two covers. This revolutionary and unprecedented virtual art museum in a book, features 1,000 oversized pages of over 2,500 works of art. It is the most comprehensive and visually spectacular history of world art ever published. Ten years in the making, this unique book was created with a global team of 100 spec...(展开全部)