Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xii, 545 p. 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-528) and index. |
Contents |
Archaeologist: Luigi Palma di Cesnola, 1870-1904 -- Capitalist: J. Pierpont Morgan, 1904-1912 -- Philanthropist: John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1912-1938 -- Catalyst: Robert Moses, 1938-1960 -- Exhibitionist: Thomas P.F. Hoving, 1960-1976 -- Arrivistes: Jane and Annette Engelhard, 1976-2009. |
Subject |
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography.
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Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, 1832-1904.
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Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.
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Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.
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Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
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Hoving, Thomas, 1931-
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Added Title |
Secret history of the moguls and the money that made the Metropolitan Museum |
ISBN |
9780767924887 |
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0767924886 |
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