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The Met and the Masses in Postwar America: A Study of the Museum and Popular Art Education

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The Met and the Masses in Postwar America: A Study of the Museum and Popular Art Education

Mitchell Frank, "The Met and the Masses in Postwar America: A Study of the Museum and Popular Art Education"
English | ISBN: 1350277274 | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 130 MB

This book explores the collaborations, during the mid-20th century, between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Book-of-the-Month Club. Between 1948 and 1962 the two institutions collaborated on three book projects-The Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures (1948-1957), The Metropolitan Seminars in Art (1958-60), and a print reproduction of Rembrandt's Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1962)-bringing art from the Met's collections right into the homes of subscribers.



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