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Rogues' Gallery by Michael Gross (2009, Hardcover) 
Rogues' Gallery by Michael Gross (2009, Hardcover)

 
Rogues' Gallery by Michael Gross (2009, Hardcover)

Author: Michael Gross
Publisher: Broadway Books
Publication Date: 2009-05-05
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0767924886
ISBN-13: 9780767924887
Product ID: EPID70490509
Description: This profile of the Metropolitan Museum of Art paints a far from picture perfect history of New York City's famed institution. Exploring the lives of directors, trustees, and donors (including such social icons as Brooke Astor, John D. R...
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Synopsis
This profile of the Metropolitan Museum of Art paints a far from picture perfect history of New York City's famed institution. Exploring the lives of directors, trustees, and donors (including such social icons as Brooke Astor, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, and Diana Vreeland), author Michael Gross takes readers on a true behind-the-scenes tour of the museum revealing "the juicy details of the lives of the powerful players who made it what it is today."

Details
Publication Date:2009-05-05

Size
Length:545 pages
Height:10.3 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.5 in
Weight:31.2 oz

Publisher's Note
With a colorful cast of characters that includes directors Guy-Philippe Lannes de Montebello, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, and Thomas P. F. Hoving, and a glittering array of supporting players, the author looks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's rich social history and exposes the secrets behind the upper class's cultural and philanthropic ambitions.

Industry Reviews
"[A]s journalist Michael Gross shows in his history of the gentlemen and geniuses, barbarians and social-climbers who have run the Met since it was founded in 1870, proximity to the glorious art of humanity doesn't necessarily improve the humans who document, collect and display it. Great collections aren't built on generosity and genteel spirit alone--try egomania and tax deductions."
(05/26/2009)

"Michael Gross...organizes ROGUES' GALLERY, his tirelessly detailed and gossipy history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,...around the handful of men (and rare women) who have run what may be America's pre-eminent cultural institution....[and he] has a quiverful of damning items about his subjects."
(06/28/2009)

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