New York, New York: The City in Art and Literature

by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Editor), Brooke Astor (Introduction)

A remarkable array of paintings, prints, and photographs from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is highlighted by poems, fiction excerpts, reminiscences, and letters from O. Henry, E. B. White, Toni Morrison, E. L Doctorow, and other notable authors, in an evocative celebration of New York City.

Genres: New York, Art, Poetry, Nonfiction, Travel, History

144 pages, Hardcover

Published February 3, 2001

About the author

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, (colloquially, the “Met”) is the largest art museum in the United States.

It was founded on April 13, 1870, "to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction."

Reviews

[Mythlee · Rating 3 out of 5]

For me, the highlights were the excerpts from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and The Age of Innocence.

[Tollula · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was just a lovely book. The pairing of great writings about New York with famous works of art from the Met was genius.

[David W. · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a nice bedtime book ... nice pictures that are quite evocative, although they're small, and related literary snippets, that are just long enough - which is to say quite short - to last until sleep. Then to dream about the city.

[Shaun · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book served only to continue my love affair with New York City. I am definitely in a New York state of mind.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful souvenir of a visit to the world's greatest city, New York, and the incredible Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue. Featuring many works of art from its extraordinary collections, including photos, postcards, prints and paintings, matched with writing that celebrates the city, from song lyrics, poems, fiction and more.

Highlights for me included extracts from Manhattan by Lorenz Hart, Breakfast at Tiffany's by Trumann Capote, and images of the beautiful Brooklyn Bridge.

[Nick Vossen · Rating 4 out of 5]

With the exception of Utrecht in the Netherlands, New York is my absolute favorite city in the world. How else could I rate a book like this, that collections snippets and notions of the city meticulously, but highly?

[Gail Kennon · Rating 3 out of 5]

lovely way to spend a bit of time with great art and literature about ny