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1	Rogues' Gallery: The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money That Made the Metropolitan Museum more books like this by Michael Gross add to wishlist Filled with the juicy details of the lives of the powerful players who made the Metropolitan Museum of Art what it is today, Gross delivers the unauthorized history of America's wealthiest and arguably the world's greatest art museum. see all copies from $16.00! new only from $16.00! \| SVS
2	From the mixed-up files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler more books like this by E. L. Konigsburg add to wishlist This book, winner of the Newbery Medal, tells the story of how Claudia and Jamie spend a week living in New York's huge Metropolitan Museum of Art. E.L.Konigsburg wrote "Jennifer?", "Hecate", "Macbeth and Me" and "Father's Arcane Daughter". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler more books like this by Elaine Koningsburg, E L Konigsburg, Greynolds add to wishlist Having runaway with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.20! \| SVS
4	The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion more books like this by Harold Koda add to wishlist "Model as Muse" explores fashion's reciprocal relationship to iconic beauties that represent the evolution and changing face of the feminine ideal. Featuring a brief historical overview of the phenomenon of the supermodel, the book begins in the early twentieth century and continues to the present day. Dorian Leigh and Lisa Fonssagrives in the ... see all copies from $32.88! new only from $32.88! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Danny Danziger add to wishlist A unique oral portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these 52 interviews with everyone from the director to cleaners to philanthropists and millionaires offer a glimpse behind the scenes of one of the greatest museums in the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.05! \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Touch of Minx more books like this by Suzanne Enoch add to wishlist Former thief Samantha Jellico and her sexy billionaire boyfriend, Richard Addison (from "Billionaires Prefer Blondes"), are at it again and face the biggest hurtle in their relationship, as they track down some priceless artifacts stolen from a museum. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.44! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Can You Find It Outside? more books like this by Jessica Schulte add to wishlist "I spy great art" Here's a seek-and-find book that invites youngsters to look at art in a special way - very closely! For each of the 13 paintings reproduced in full colour here, a simple rhyme asks young readers to search for details. All the artworks deal with subjects out of doors. With major works from the collections of The Metropolitan ... see all copies from $2.28! new only from $24.97! \| first editions
8	The Metropolitan Museum of Art guide more books like this by N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, Philippe De Montebello, Kathleen Howard add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Georgia O'Keeffe more books like this by Lisa Mintz Messinger add to wishlist Georgia O'Keeffe (1881-1986) was a major figure in American art for seven decades. Throughout that long and prolific career, she remained true to her unique artistic vision, creating a highly individual style that synthesized the formal language of modern European abstraction and the subjects of traditional American pictorialism. This illuminating ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Can You Find It Inside? more books like this by Jessica Schulte add to wishlist "I spy great art" Here's a seek-and-find book that invites youngsters to look at art in a special way - very closely! For each of the 13 paintings reproduced in full colour here, a simple rhyme asks young readers to search for details. All the artworks deal with indoor themes. With major works from the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11	American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent more books like this by Stephanie L Herdrich add to wishlist The expatriate painter John Singer Sargent (1865-1925) and his heirs enjoyed a cordial relationship with The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In consequence, the museum has an unparalleled collection of Sargent's works, in particular his drawings and watercolours, which are all presented in this volume. see all copies from $52.00! new only from $66.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	From Nineveh to New York: The Strange Story of the Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum & the Hidden Masterpiece at Canford School more books like this by Professor John Malcolm Russell, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Judith McKenzie add to wishlist The story of Sir Austen Henry Layard's rediscovery of ancient Assyria and its fabled capital, Nineveh, is one of the great tales of the 19th century. No less remarkable is the story of the collection, dispersal and then re-acquisition in the 20th century of the world's greatest Assyrian collection ever to be in private hands. In this history of ... see all copies from $4.94! new only from $22.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Calvin Tompkins add to wishlist Beautifully written and newly revised to include the museum's most controversial era, this sparkling social history reveals the ideas and financial power behind the Metropolitan's dramatic 12-year history. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Howard Hibbard add to wishlist The extraordinary riches, which place the museum among the ranks of the world's greatest, unfold in a panorama of dazzling color and b&w photographs. Incl udes works from Renaissance artists, the Impressionists, Byzantine artists and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $57.34! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Merchants and masterpieces : the story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Calvin Tomkins add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Book of Artrageous Projects more books like this by The Editors of Klutz (Editor) add to wishlist In 1995 we approached the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with a proposal: Let us squeeze your priceless, 3-million-piece art collection between the covers of a Klutz book. And then we'll unhook all the Please Stand Back chains and open up all your display cases. Once the trustees got back into their chairs, it turned out to be a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.24! \| SVS
17 view cover	Metropolitan Museum of Art Book of Masks more books like this by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, DK Publishing add to wishlist Here are some of the most spectacular masks from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each mask pops out of the book and can be worn and reinserted onto the page for storage. Accompanying each mask is rich informative text placing these works of art into their larger historical and cultural contexts. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95! \| first editions
18 view cover	Inside the Museum: A Children's Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Joy Richardson add to wishlist An entertaining guide and activity book that encourages children to interact with the works of art and objects from every area of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Throughout there are full-color reproductions of works of art, photos of the museum staff performing their various jobs, and illustrated instructions for activities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.52! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Artful Dog: Canines from the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Creator) add to wishlist Loyal dogs have always been by the side of great artists. In this celebration they are front and center. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which brought us "Catnip," now presents masterpieces of dog-centric art. Each is accompanied by prose or poetry from some of the world s great writers, humorists, and thinkers, including Edith Wharton, Groucho ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.93! \| SVS
20 view cover	English Embroidery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1580-1700: Twixt Art and Nature more books like this by Andrew Morrall (Editor), Melinda Watt (Editor), Cristina Balloffet Carr add to wishlist This book centres around the Metropolitan Museum of Art's preeminent collection of embroidered objects from England's late Tudor and Stuart eras. These seventeenth-century embroideries, some eighty works in all, include samplers, gloves, headgear, purses, raised work panels, boxes and mirrors, portrait miniatures, lavishly embroidered Bibles, and ... see all copies from $64.70! new only from $64.70!
21 view cover	Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Gary Tinterow (Introduction by), Kathryn Calley Galitz (Text by), Asher Ethan Miller (Text by) add to wishlist This beautiful volume features a compendium of the Metropolitan Museum's finest European paintings dating from 1800 to 1920. The focus is on French art of this period, of which the Museum possesses the most comprehensive collection outside of France; however, extraordinary pictures by artists of other nationalities are also included. Thanks to a ... see all copies from $32.77! new only from $40.40! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Talking to the Sun more books like this by Kenneth Koch (Selected by), Kate Farrell (Introduction by) add to wishlist Published in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The effort to match classic and little-known poems with works of art from the various collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art has resulted in a spectacular book".--Kirkus Reviews. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.46!
23 view cover	The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide more books like this by Philippe de Montebello, Metropolitan Museum Of Art add to wishlist This newly revised guide to the vast collections and buildings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including the Cloisters, decribes nearly 900 works of art from the museum's 18 curatorial departments, selected by its director Philippe de Montebello, ranging from the art of the ancient world to that of the present day. 869 illustrations, 829 in ... see all copies from $1.99! SVS
24	The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815 more books like this by Charles Otto Zieseniss add to wishlist see all copies from $57.50!
25	Metropolitan Cats more books like this by John Philip O'Neill, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dr. Alvin Grossman (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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