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1	Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist The former director of the famed New York museum recounts his activities at the art world's pinnacle, from wooing important patrons to battling for acquisitions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography more books like this by Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Hoving (Adapted by) add to wishlist In his autobiography, American realist painter Andrew Wyeth presents 138 of his tempera, drybrush, and water color paintings. Each reproduction is accompanied by his personal thoughts about it. see all copies from $8.39! new only from $13.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist An illustrated expose of art forgery through the ages, which reveals the truth about a variety of scams and their victims, and describes cases when both the buyers and the experts were fooled. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.96! \| first editions \| SVS
4	King of the Confessors more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $55.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Art for Dummies more books like this by Thomas Hoving, Andrew Wyeth (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this introduction, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas Harding provides 14 chapters on the history of Western Art, shows readers how to begin their own collections, and offers tips for visiting famous galleries all over the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
6	Master Pieces: The Curator's Game more books like this by Thomas Hoving, Kate Learson, Lori Stein add to wishlist As director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a decade, Thomas Hoving brought art to a new level of public awareness by pioneering such blockbuster shows as the King Tut exhibit. Early in his career, Hoving was introduced to the 'curator's game'. Each week, he and his colleagues met to examine details of larger museum masterpieces. Whoever ... see all copies from $5.64! new only from $11.65! \| SVS
7	Tutankhamun, the Untold Story more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist Former Metropolitan Museum of Art director Hoving recounts Howard Carter's search for Tut's tomb, and the international confrontations that followed, as Carter kept other archeologists away from his find, Carter's partner died shortly after the discovery thereby starting rumors of a curse, and the Egyptian government fought to keep the treasure in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth more books like this by James H Duff, Thomas Hoving, Andrew Wyeth (Photographer) add to wishlist A stunning examination of the remarkable Wyeth family artistry, presenting the work of N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and James Wyeth, whose paintings are now part of a major exhibition opening in Moscow and coming to the U.S. Profusely illustrated with color plates and rare family photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist A personal choice of the finest masterpieces in western art, by the man who revolutionized the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Included in his choice of 111 works are paintings by Rembrandt and Jackson Pollock, frescoes by Piero Della Francesca, mosaics, alterpieces and tapestries. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	Masterpiece more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist A fast-paced novel of the high-powered international art world whose plot revolves around the auction of a masterwork of the Spanish painter Diego Velasquez, a shocking nude portrait of the artist's mistress which some will stop at nothing to possess. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	American Gothic: The Biography of Grant Wood's American Masterpiece more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist The story behind one of the most famous paintings in American art. The stern, sober countenance of the elderly farmer. The quiet, loyal character of his prim wife. Few other paintings are so instantly recognizable as Grant Wood's masterpiece "American Gothic." Bestselling Chicago author Thomas Hoving brings to life Wood himself and illuminates, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.20! \| first editions
12	Discovery more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	The Art of Dan Namingha more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist Both a biography and a critical study, this book presents the work of Dan Namingha, who is among the best known Native American artists. Pictured here are his dazzling paintings and sensuous bronze sculptures inspired by the cultural symbols and landscape of the desert Southwest. 120 illustrations, 80 in full color. see all copies from $11.50! new only from $27.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	Two Worlds of a Wyeth Pap more books like this by Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	Kunst Fur Dummies by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $20.85! new only from $24.55!
16	The Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Center more books like this by Christine Roussel (Photographer), Dianne Roussel (Photographer), Thomas Hoving (Introduction by) add to wishlist From the depths of the Great Depression in 1929, John D. Rockefeller Jr. envisioned an unprecedented, modern and luxurious building project. Given the theme "New Frontiers", nearly forty artists created everything from paintings and sculpture to fabrics and fountains. This is the first easy-to-navigate guide to the wonderful sculptures, murals, ... see all copies from $8.43! new only from $12.38! \| SVS
17	Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection: (Exhibition) more books like this by Thomas Hoving, Miyeko Murase, Metropolitan Museum of Art add to wishlist see all copies from $7.94! first editions
18	The Uneasy Coalition: Design in Corporate America: The Tiffany-Wharton Lectures on Corporate Design Management more books like this by Walter Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	Wyeth - Ex Cat more books like this by Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Hoving (Adapted by) add to wishlist In his autobiography, American realist painter Andrew Wyeth presents 138 of his tempera, drybrush, and water color paintings. Each reproduction is accompanied by his personal thoughts about it. see all copies from $19.97! first editions
20	Wyeth on Helga (Wyeth on Helga the Helga Paintings in Andrew Wyeth's Own Words, as Told to Thomas Hoving) by Andrew Wyeth; Introduction-Thomas Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $51.71!
21	Tout-Ankh-Amon. Histoire Secrète D'Une Découverte. Trad. Par C. Carme by Hoving (Thomas) add to wishlist see all copies from $34.23!
22	El Rey de Los Confesores by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $80.77!
23	19th-Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts: an Exhibition in Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thomas P.F. Hoving Et Al add to wishlist see all copies from $4.25!
24	Before Cortes : Sculpture of Middle America. by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00!
25	Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons. by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist see all copies from $45.00!

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