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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with a foreword by Thomas Hoving (1975)
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Collecting is the lifeblood of the Metropolitan. From its myriad collections, spanning five thousand years and illustrating most of the known civilizations of history, spring all the significant functions of the Museum: education, communication, scholarship, preservation, and exhibition. Curiously enough, the mission of collecting has not up to now been explained to our public in all its complexities; this is the principal purpose of the exhibition Patterns of Collecting. Through it, Olga Raggio, Chairman of Western European Arts and the organizer of the show, has indicated why we collect specific works of art and how they came into the collections. The exhibition, and the present catalogue, are tributes to the extraordinary connoisseurship of the curatorial staff—their acumen, sensitivity, knowledge, and courage.
Foreword
Ancient Near Eastern ArtEgyptian ArtGreek and Roman ArtIslamic ArtMedieval Art and The CloistersArms and ArmorEuropean Sculpture and Decorative ArtsCostume InstituteMusical InstrumentsEuropean PaintingsDrawingsPrints and PhotographsAmerican Paintings and SculptureAmerican Decorative ArtsTwentieth Century ArtPrimitive ArtFar Eastern Art
Print Titles
Burton, Virginia, James Delihas, Morrison H. Heckscher, Thomas P. F. Hoving, Helmut Nickel, Stuart Silver, and Claus Virch. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 1 (Summer, 1967). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967. See more
Chow, Fong, James David Draper, Richard Ettinghausen, Everett Fahy, Henry Geldzahler, Stephen V. Grancsay, Morrison H. Heckscher, Thomas Hoving, Marilynn Johnson, Oscar White Muscarella, John Goldsmith Phillips, Olga Raggio, and Emanuel Winternitz. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 30, no. 2 (October–November, 1971). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971. See more
Colin, Ralph F., Dudley T. Easby, Jr., Carmen Gómez-Moreno, Thomas P. F. Hoving, Clare Le Corbeiller, Louis J. Lefkowitz, Joseph V. Noble, and Theodore Rousseau. "Art Forgery": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 6 (February, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. See more
Dillon, C. Douglas. "One-Hundredth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum or Art for the Fiscal Year 1969-1970 Report of the President and the Director." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 29, no. 1 (Summer, 1970). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970. See more
Dimand, M.S., and Thomas P.F. Hoving. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 22, no. 10 (June, 1964). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964. See more
Forsyth, William H., Thomas P. F. Hoving, Carmen Gómez-Moreno, Vera K. Ostoia, and Bonnie Young. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 23, no. 10 (June, 1965). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965. See more
Gómez-Moreno, Carmen. "Gold." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 31, no. 2 (Winter, 1972–73). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. See more
Hayward, Jane. "Stained-Glass Windows." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 30, no. 3 (December, 1971–January, 1972). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971. See more
Houghton, Arthur Armory, Jr. "Report of the President and the Director." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 2 (October, 1967). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967. See more
Hoving, Thomas, Millard Meiss, and Ugo Procacci. The Great Age of Fresco: Giotto to Pontormo. An Exhibition of Mural Paintings and Monumental Drawings. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. See more
Hoving, Thomas, and Jane Norman. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 5 (January, 1970). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "'Valuables and Ornamental Items': The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair Bradley Martin." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 3 (November, 1969). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "A Long-Lost Romanesque Annunciation." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 20, no. 4 (December, 1961). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1961. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "Director's Choice." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 5 (January, 1970). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "In Search of a Rhenish Master." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 20, no. 10 (June, 1962). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1962. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "Italian Romanesque Sculpture." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 23, no. 10 (June, 1965). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "Report of the Director." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 2 (October, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "Report of the Director." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 3 (October, 1969). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "The Bury St. Edmunds Cross." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 22, no. 10 (June, 1964). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "The Face of St. Juliana: The Transformation of a Fourteenth Century Reliquary." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 21, no. 5 (January, 1963). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "The Game of Duplicity." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 6 (February, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "The Light-Bulb Reaction." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 1 (Summer, 1967). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967. See more
Hoving, Thomas. "Theodore Rousseau, 1912–1973: Remarks by Thomas Hoving at the Memorial Service, February 13, 1974." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 8 (1973). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. See more
Wyeth, Andrew. "Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 34, no. 2 (Autumn, 1976). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976. See more