See also:  [MOMA NY]
                  [Bill Ivins]

                  [Art History]
                  [Time Line]

Thomas Hoving

As a guide to art, as well as a guide to various collections, this is an
essential work. His witty, and v. often remarks, remind one of 
Jacob Bronowsky's "The Ascent of Man" --
a personal view. Here is a book, that while playful, is clearly a
labor of love, by one hoopy frood that knows where the real
King Tut's Golden Mask is (in a vault downstairs). I flip my towel
in the general direction of New York; -- pizo.



His "top tens" as follows:

Top Ten Art Works
(NB: "Of Western Civilsation"; actually, I counted 15 ;)

King Tut's Golden Mask
The Sculptures of the Parthenon
The Scythian Gold Pectoral
Nicholas of Verdun's Enameld Altar
Giotto's Arena Chapel
Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece
Leonardo's "Mona Lisa"
Michelangelo's "David" 
GrUnewald's Isenheim Altarpiece
El Greco's "Burial of Count Orgaz"
Velazquez's "Las Menias"
Rembrandt's "Return of the Prodigal Son"
Goya's "The Third of May, 1808"
Renoir's "Luncheon on the Boating Party"
Picasso's "Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon"