长期以来，艺术家们一直受到来自于前人作品的激励和激发——有时甚至是比他们早几个世纪的作品。采访了120位国际当代艺术家，他们讨论了大都会艺术博物馆的藏品，这些作品激发了他们的想象力，为艺术创作、博物馆和创作过程提供了新的线索。这些艺术品的图像与当代艺术家作品的图像一起出现，让读者能够发现一个跨越文化和几千年视觉连接的丰富网络。

"The Artist Project is the latest step among The Met's recent strides to better integrate contemporary art into its historical pantheon." ―Art News

Artists have long been stimulated and motivated by the work of those who came before them - sometimes, centuries before them. Interviews with 120 international contemporary artists discussing works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection that spark their imagination shed new light on art-making, museums, and the creative process. Images of the artworks appear alongside images of the contemporary artists' work, allowing readers to discover a rich web of visual connections that spans cultures and millennia.