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If youve always wanted to find out more about art but felt intimidated by the overeducated art world, then youve found the answer. Art For Dummies is the book that will have you and everyone you know clamoring outside the doors of your local museum. Thomas Hoving, former director of New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art, is credited with revolutionizing the Met, doubling its size during his tenure, and bringing art to the masses. Let him bring art to you as well.

In Art For Dummies, Thomas Hoving provides a how-to guide to the art world. First, he guides you through an introduction to art appreciation, pointing out the details that youve always noticed but have never been able to explain. Next, Hoving takes you on a ride through art history. (Have you ever regretted not taking those art history classes in school With Art For Dummies, youll feel all caught up and ready to spar with the local intellectuals.) Hoving even includes a guide to the world?s top art cities and centers, a listing that can help you prepare for your next artistic voyage. With this guide, you can discover where to go in order to see the greatest works of art, and you can also find out about hidden treasures in nearby art museums.

You also get a great start for seeking out art with Hovings lists of the greatest works of Western civilization, the most interesting artists, and the contemporary artists to watch. Dont wait another day to introduce yourself to the art world!

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Art For Dummies by Thomas Hoving Foreword by Andrew Wyeth Art For Dummies - photo 1
Art For Dummies

by Thomas Hoving

Foreword by Andrew Wyeth

Art For Dummies Published by Wiley Publishing Inc 111 River St Hoboken NJ - photo 2

Art For Dummies

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Copyright 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

Published simultaneously in Canada

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ISBN: 978-0-7645-5104-8

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About the Author

Thomas Hoving (New York, New York) was the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for ten years (1967-77). During his tenure, he renovated more than 50 galleries and doubled the size of the museum from 7 to 14 acres, constructing five wings and the facade with its monumental stairs. He acquired for the Metropolitan 25,000 works of art in all fields. He also brought the so-called Blockbuster exhibition to America, personally designing the Tutankhamun Show, which is still the all-time museum box-office attraction. These blockbusters made art more accessible to the general public, for Hoving is most proud of his role as the popularizer of the fine arts.

Hoving has written 12 non-fiction and fiction books since 1979, including two national best-sellers, The Untold Story, King Tutankhamun, and Making the Mummies Dance, an unvarnished account of his tenure as director of The Met. He was also the entertainment editor on ABCs 2 0/20 from 1980 until 1986 and was editor-in-chief of Connoisseur magazine from 1981 to 1990. Hoving writes a monthy column, My Eye, for the Internet Art magazine published in the Web site, www.ArtNet.com. His latest book to be released in the Fall for Abrams Press is on the Native American painter and sculptor Dan Namingha.

Dedication and Acknowledgments

To all living artists and appreciators of every aspect of fine art who please us, puzzle us, and sometimes annoy us, but always give balance to our lives and energize us.

Cover art: Blue Water Lilies (1916-1919) by Claude Monet (1840-1926), Muse dOrsay, Paris, France

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Foreword

I first met the author in the early 1970s when, as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he was curating an exhibition of my works. Right away I figured he must be the sharpest eye in the art business. He arrived at Chadds Ford to look at hundreds of my works and immediately honed in on what I myself considered my best works, but hadnt told many people. When Tom Hoving started interviewing me for the exhibition catalogue, he did something that stunned me. He asked questions about materials pen, pencil, tempera, watercolor, and drybrush and their qualities and how they affected me creatively. It wasnt what the usual art historian would have gotten into. That showed me he was sensitive to the act of creativity.

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