- ISBN13: 9780875981499
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In 1906, in the heart of New York City, Pierpont Morgan built a private library intended to rival the great art institutions of Europe. In 1924, The Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum became a public institution. A century after its creation, in 2006, The Morgan Library & Museum, having undergone a major expansion and renovation designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, reopened to wide critical and popular acclaim. The process leading up to … More >>
Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano
In 1906 in New York City one Pierpont Morgan built a private library intended to rival Europe’s finest art collections: it became a public library in 1944 and in 2006 saw a major expansion and renovation designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Its history is documented in “The Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano”, a survey of Pierpont Morgan’s visionary process and how the library’s collection changed from a private to a public institution. Collections strong in both library science and architecture and the arts will find “The Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano” to be a powerful pick, packed with color photos throughout.
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