Description
Book SynopsisA skillful and fascinating retelling of the often testy relationship between J. P. Morgan and Roger Fry, two men who did more to establish the preeminence of the Metropolitan Museum of Art than any collector and curator before or since.
Trade Review"[A]n engrossing book with as much appeal to a general audience as to scholars." * Journal of American Studies *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Two Differing Portraits
- Chapter I. The Birth of Dynastic Finance: J. Pierpont Morgan
- Chapter II. The Esthetic Education of an Art Critic: Roger Fry
- Chapter III. The Metropolitan Museum: Acquisitions and Expertise
- Chapter IV. The Metropolitan and the Conflicts of a New Vision
- Chapter V. Morgan and the Building of an Encyclopedic Museum
- Chapter VI. Growth of an Art Expert: Fry's Radical Vision
- Coda. Fry and Modern Theories: Taste, Teaching, and Social Values
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
