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In celebration 125 years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Merchants and Masterpieces : This program introduces fascinating collectors whose vision and generosity built The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Philippe de Montebello, director of the Museum, tells the stories of J. Pierpont Morgan, Benjamin Altman, and Robert Lehman--passionate collectors in pursuit of magnificent works of art. Personal interviews reveal the stories of other notable collectors, including David Rockefeller, who reminisces about his boyhood enchantment with his father's Unicorn Tapestries; J. Watson Webb, Jr., recalls his grandmother Louisine Havemeyer as an adventurous art collector and suffragette who taught him a true appreciation for art; and Mary Rockefeller Morgan candidly shares memories of her twin brother Michael's quest for art and life among the tribes of New Guinea. Drawn in part from Calvin Tomkins' history of the Metropolitan Museum, this video includes rarely seen archival footage, location photography, and the unequaled collections of the Museum. It offers viewers a rare opportunity to go beyond the works of art in search of the people who originally collected and lived with these masterpieces.--Container.
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- "Merchants and Masterpieces : This program introduces fascinating collectors whose vision and generosity built The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Philippe de Montebello, director of the Museum, tells the stories of J. Pierpont Morgan, Benjamin Altman, and Robert Lehman--passionate collectors in pursuit of magnificent works of art. Personal interviews reveal the stories of other notable collectors, including David Rockefeller, who reminisces about his boyhood enchantment with his father's Unicorn Tapestries; J. Watson Webb, Jr., recalls his grandmother Louisine Havemeyer as an adventurous art collector and suffragette who taught him a true appreciation for art; and Mary Rockefeller Morgan candidly shares memories of her twin brother Michael's quest for art and life among the tribes of New Guinea. Drawn in part from Calvin Tomkins' history of the Metropolitan Museum, this video includes rarely seen archival footage, location photography, and the unequaled collections of the Museum. It offers viewers a rare opportunity to go beyond the works of art in search of the people who originally collected and lived with these masterpieces.--Container."@en
- "Masterpieces of the Met : Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum, leads a tour of 30 of the museum's masterpieces, from the 2100 B.C. boat models of the ancient Egyptian tomb of Mekutra, to a reliquary sculpture from Africa, and paintings such as Vermeer's "Young Woman with a Water Jug" and Monet's "Terrace at Sainte-Adresse". The chosen works cover 5,000 years of world civilization and demonstrate the scope of the Metropolitan's collection.--Container."@en
- "Glories of Medieval Art: The Cloisters : This program features The Cloisters, the Metropolitan's branch museum devoted to art created during the Middle Ages. The Director of the Metropolitan, escorts viewers through an ensemble of spaces and gardens that evoke the medieval period-from the massive and strong Romanesque period to the light elegance of the Gothic style. The famed Unicorn Tapestries, illuminated manuscripts by the Limbourg brothers, brilliant stained glass windows, Robert Campin's "Annunciation Altarpiece", and scores of precious objects housed in the newly refurbished Treasury are some of the highlights seen in this program.--Container."@en
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