This exhibition was a true event – despite its idyllic title, which evoked the polar opposite of the hideous reality into which we seem to sink further every day. At a time when private donations are so influential that they seem to hold sway over art institutions (in fact, this exhibition was no exception), we must nevertheless rejoice in the intelligence, elegance, and appropriateness with which Met curators Stephanie D’Alessandro and Stephen C. Pinson, assisted by Micayla Bransfield, (man)handled their task.