Master Pieces: The Curator's Game by Kate Learson, Lori Stein and Thomas Hoving (2005, Paperback)

Key Details
Author:	Thomas Hoving, Lori Stein, Kate Learson
Language:	English
Publisher:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0393328384
ISBN-13:	9780393328387

Size
Length:	176 pages
Thickness:	0.8 in
Weight:	18.4 oz

Publisher's Note
An adaptation of a visual exercise known as the "curator's game" outlines an entertaining approach to understanding and appreciating great works of art, in a volume that introduces key artists, themes, techniques, and styles with a series of essays designed to help readers to identify visual details within a context.

In this book, Hoving presents a game for readers that he played with his colleagues at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in which they identify pieces of art through photographs of details. Here, details such as faces, brushstrokes, animals, and other objects, from 56 paintings are provided for the reader to deduce the actual work of art. The paintings, descriptions of them, and brief biographies of artists are provided at the end of the book. A bibliography is not supplied. Hoving is a former director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)