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The Personal Librarian

Author : Marie Benedict
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593101545
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book The Personal Librarian written by Marie Benedict and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at its best!”* A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white—her complexion is dark because she is African American. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

Writing a Chrysanthemum

Author : Rachel Federman
Publisher : Delmonico Books
ISBN 13 : 9781636810386
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Writing a Chrysanthemum written by Rachel Federman and published by Delmonico Books. This book was released on 2022 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Rick Barton should have been a San Francisco legend," wrote author and artist Etel Adnan in a 1998 essay. Barton (American, 1928-1992) was born and raised in New York and settled in the Bay Area in the 1950s. Working primarily in pen or brush and ink, in a kaleidoscopic linear style, Barton ceaselessly recorded the world around him. His intricate sheets capture the intimate interiors and social spaces, lovers and friends, and architectural and botanical subjects that fascinated him. Bringing together more than sixty drawings, two accordion-folded sketchbooks, and printed books and portfolios, this catalogue presents the work of a significant and, until now, unheralded figure of the Beat era. Complementing the images are a deeply researched essay by Rachel Federman, curator of the accompanying exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, and an excerpt of Adnan's essay, the first and previously the only published account of Barton"--

In August Company

Author : Pierpont Morgan Library
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In August Company written by Pierpont Morgan Library and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1993 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written for the general reader and scholar alike, reproduces and discusses over 175 of the finest objects from the Library's richly diverse collections. An introductory section provides an account of the origins of the Library, when Pierpont Morgan - avowing that "no price is too high for an object of unquestioned beauty and known authenticity" - set out to form a collection of books, manuscripts, and drawings to rival those of the great aristocratic libraries of Europe. The elegant marble library he built in New York to house these collections, regarded as one of architect Charles F. McKim's finest achievements, is illustrated and discussed in detail as well.

The Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves

Author : John Plummer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves written by John Plummer and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Keeping in the Present

Author : Petra Kuhlmann-Hodick
Publisher : Companyédition Paul Holberton/Morgan Library & Museum
ISBN 13 : 9781911300854
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Keeping in the Present written by Petra Kuhlmann-Hodick and published by Companyédition Paul Holberton/Morgan Library & Museum. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2020, the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett celebrates its 300th anniversary. Founded in 1720 by Augustus the Strong as a museum specializing in works on paper, the collection now with over half a million works, from the Middle Ages to the present day has always acquired contemporary art alongside recognised masterpieces. The collection which includes exceptional works by Jan van Eyck, Dürer, Verrocchio, Grünewald, Cranach, Holbein, Rembrandt, Caspar David Friedrich, Ludwig Richter, Toulouse Lautrec, Mondrian, Hermann Glöckner, Gerhard Altenbourg, A.R. Penck, Georg Baselitz and Evelyn Richter began in the 18th century with drawings, miniatures and prints, before photography was added in 1898 as the promising future means of reproduction. Exhibition: Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany (24.04.-14.09.2020) / The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA (10.2020).

The Making of the Morgan

Author : Paul Spencer Byard
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780875981499
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (814 download)

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Book Synopsis The Making of the Morgan by : Paul Spencer Byard

Download or read book The Making of the Morgan written by Paul Spencer Byard and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 that moment is documented in this book, which chronicles the 100-year transformation of a rarefied domain to a public museum, independent research library, musical venue, architectural landmark, and historic site.

Farnese book of hours

Author : Catholic Church
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Farnese book of hours written by Catholic Church and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

100 Master Drawings from The Morgan Library & Museum

Author : Sibylle Weber am Bach
Publisher : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
ISBN 13 : 9783777480053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis 100 Master Drawings from The Morgan Library & Museum by : Sibylle Weber am Bach

Download or read book 100 Master Drawings from The Morgan Library & Museum written by Sibylle Weber am Bach and published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, is home to one of the most important collections of historic book art and drawings in the USA. Since renovation and the re-opening of the extension designed by Renzo Piano in Spring of 2006, the institution - created 80 years ago to house the collection belonging to art patron John Pierpont Morgan has played a prominent role in New York's museum world. The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich will be hosting a display of 1 00 masterpieces from five centuries in its exhibition rooms at the Pinakothek der Moderne. This will be the first time that The Morgan Library & Museum presents its collection of drawings of world renown in Germany. Exhibition and catalog are sponsored by Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung and Deutsche Bank Stiftung.

Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings in the Pierpont Morgan Library

Author : Barbara Schmitz
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Book Synopsis Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings in the Pierpont Morgan Library by : Barbara Schmitz

Download or read book Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings in the Pierpont Morgan Library written by Barbara Schmitz and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the treasures of the Piermont Morgan Library there is a choice collection of Islamic and Indian material, including illustrated manuscripts, single miniatures, albums of paintings and calligraphies and bookbinding. Six sections cover Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Provincial Mughal and Indian arts, and albums.

The Book of Kings

Author : William Noel
Publisher : Third Millennium Information
ISBN 13 : 9781903942161
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Kings written by William Noel and published by Third Millennium Information. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Morgan Bible was designed to bring to life a number of selected Old Testament stories, through making them as appealing and entertaining as possible by placing biblical heroes in contemporary settings.The beautifully illustrated Book of Kings also offers the reader a unique insight into politics, religion, and culture of 13th century France. Eight essays by noted international medieval scholars of history and art, bring the court and crusades of King Louis IX (later Saint Louis) to life. Moreover, they demonstrate the relevance of Old Testament stories and imagery both in the 13th century France and in 17th century Iran, when the Picture Bible belonged to the great Safavid ruler Shah Abbas.William Noel and Daniel WeissPublished in association with the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

One Hundred Years of James Joyce's "Ulysses"

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Author : Colm Tóibín
Publisher : Penn State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271092898
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Years of James Joyce's "Ulysses" written by Colm Tóibín and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays commemorating the 1922 publication of James Joyce's Ulysses. Includes contributions by preeminent Joyce scholars and by curators of his manuscripts and early editions.

Henry James and American Painting

Author : Colm Tóibín
Publisher : Penn State the History of the
ISBN 13 : 9780271078526
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (785 download)

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Book Synopsis Henry James and American Painting by : Colm Tóibín

Download or read book Henry James and American Painting written by Colm Tóibín and published by Penn State the History of the. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how the novels of Henry James reflect the significance of the visual culture of his society, and how essential the language and imagery of the arts, as well as friendships with artists, were to James's writing.

Italian Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Italian Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Manuscripts Club

Author : Christopher de Hamel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525559426
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Manuscripts Club written by Christopher de Hamel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over a thousand years of history The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them and recognize their crucial role in the transmission of knowledge. However, we generally think much less about the countless men and women who made, collected and preserved them through the centuries, and to whom they owe their existence. This entrancing book describes some of the extraordinary people who have spent their lives among illuminated manuscripts over the last thousand years: a monk in Normandy, a prince of France, a Florentine bookseller, an English antiquary, a rabbi from central Europe, a French priest, a Keeper at the British Museum, a Greek forger, a German polymath, a British connoisseur and the woman who created the most spectacular library in America—all of them members of what Christopher de Hamel calls the Manuscripts Club. This exhilarating fraternity, and the fellow enthusiasts who come with it, throw new light on how manuscripts have survived and been used by very different kinds of people in many different circumstances. Christopher de Hamel’s unexpected connections and discoveries reveal a passion that crosses the boundaries of time. We understand the manuscripts themselves better by knowing who their keepers and companions have been. In 1850 (or thereabouts) John Ruskin bought his first manuscript “at a bookseller’s in a back alley.” This was his reaction: “The new worlds which every leaf of this book opened to me, and the joy I had in counting their letters and unravelling their arabesques as if they had all been of beaten gold—as many of them were—cannot be told.” The members of de Hamel’s club share many such wonders, which he brings to us with scholarship, style and a lifetime’s experience.

An Introduction to the Pierpont Morgan Library

Author : Frederick B. Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Pierpont Morgan Library written by Frederick B. Adams and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France

Author : C. T. Allmand
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780853236955
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France written by C. T. Allmand and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume portray the public life of late medieval France as that country established its position as a leader of western European society in the early modern world. A central theme is the contribution made by contemporary writers, chroniclers and commentators, such as Jean Froissart, William Worcester and Philippe de Commynes, to our understanding of the past. Who were they? What picture of their times did they present? Were their works intended to influence their contemporaries and what success did they enjoy? Other contributions deal with the exercise of political power, the relationship between the court and those in authority in far-flung reaches of the kingdom, and the role and status of the death penalty as deterrent, punishment and means of achieving justice. "... a very valuable overview of recent work on the interface between the intellectual and the political history of the Valois realm."—De Re Militari Online "... this collection will be of particular interest to literary scholars as well as historians in view of the emphasis of many of the essays on representations above event or record."—Medium Aevum

The Visual Culture of al-Andalus in the Christian Kingdoms of Iberia

Author : Inés Monteira
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104022671X
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Visual Culture of al-Andalus in the Christian Kingdoms of Iberia written by Inés Monteira and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-11 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the reception of Islamic visual culture by the northern Iberian kingdoms, by systematically comparing works of art from both sides and fleshing out their historical context. This study includes figurative and iconographic motifs, architectural forms, and even the spolia from constructions and Arabic inscriptions that were embedded in Christian buildings. The Islamic visual culture of al-Andalus was often transformed as it was recreated by Christian hands, bringing to the fore various nuances in the relationship between the two religious communities. Artistic transfer was conditioned by social coexistence between Christians and Muslims—both in the caliphate al-Andalus and in the northern realms—and military conflict. To approach the different ways in which Andalusi visual culture was received in the northern kingdoms, while embracing the vast diversity of case studies available, this book is divided into three thematic sections: Reinterpretation, Appropriation, and Artistic Transfers. This book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, and medieval studies.