Mitchell B. Frank is Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University, Canada. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Canadian art historical journal RACAR (Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review).

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Metropolitan Miniatures: Culture and Commerce2. The Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Middlebrow Culture3. The Met and Art Education in Postwar America4. Rembrandt’s Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer: Reproduction and Quality5. The Met, Popular Art Education, and the Problem of Abstract ArtAppendicesBibliographyIndex

While focusing on specific historical episodes within a single institution, Frank’s study also offers a reconsideration of the history of art history. The book provides a nuanced analysis of a form of art history that has often been taken for granted in museums and art history textbooks, and with which we are currently grappling as we work towards new models of teaching and learning art history.

Mitchell B. Frank is Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University, Canada. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Canadian art historical journal RACAR (Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review).

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Metropolitan Miniatures: Culture and Commerce2. The Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Middlebrow Culture3. The Met and Art Education in Postwar America4. Rembrandt’s Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer: Reproduction and Quality5. The Met, Popular Art Education, and the Problem of Abstract ArtAppendicesBibliographyIndex

While focusing on specific historical episodes within a single institution, Frank’s study also offers a reconsideration of the history of art history. The book provides a nuanced analysis of a form of art history that has often been taken for granted in museums and art history textbooks, and with which we are currently grappling as we work towards new models of teaching and learning art history.

Mitchell B. Frank is Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University, Canada. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Canadian art historical journal RACAR (Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review).

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Metropolitan Miniatures: Culture and Commerce2. The Metropolitan Seminars in Art: Middlebrow Culture3. The Met and Art Education in Postwar America4. Rembrandt’s Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer: Reproduction and Quality5. The Met, Popular Art Education, and the Problem of Abstract ArtAppendicesBibliographyIndex

While focusing on specific historical episodes within a single institution, Frank’s study also offers a reconsideration of the history of art history. The book provides a nuanced analysis of a form of art history that has often been taken for granted in museums and art history textbooks, and with which we are currently grappling as we work towards new models of teaching and learning art history.