books by Morgan Library

books by Morgan Library

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Morgan Library

The Morgan Library: An American Masterpiece

Pierpont Morgan Library, 2000

A superb guide to a superb museum
The Morgan Library is an amazing institution. Housed in the former residence of J.Pierpont Morgan, and with a dazzling new lobby designed by Renzo Piano, the Morgan Library is a must-see on any trip to New York City. This book is the best overview of the library and ...

Pierre Matisse and His Artists
Jennifer Tonkovich, Alessandra Carnielli, ...

Pierpont Morgan Library, 2002

Pierre Matisse arrived in New York shortly before Christmas 1924 determined to make his mark. At that time, the New York art world was in its formative stages, entirely different from what it was to become by the close of the 20th century. He was to play a significant role in its establishment. In 1925, the time of his first exhibition, which ...

The Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano
Paul S. Byard, Cynthia Davidson, ...

Morgan Library & Museum, 2008

An illustrated chronicle of the one-hundred-year transformation of a rarefied private library into an acclaimed public museum. With the 2006 opening of its expansion designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, The Morgan Library and Museum began a new chapter in its ...

The Drawings of Anthony Van Dyck

Christopher Brown

Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991

Incredible Insight Into The Mind Of a Great Artist!
I became enamoured of the works of Sir Anthony Van Dyck in large part because of my Art History studies at Brooklyn College with Professor Susan Koslow. I am well aware of the work that the author, Christopher Brown, has done on Anthony Van Dyck, so I knew that I would ...

Michelangelo, Vasari, and Their Contemporaries: Drawings From the Uffizi

Annamaria Petrioli Tofani

J. Pierpont Morgan Library, 2008

Uffizi drawings
I enjoyed this book and have used it as a reference as part of my own interest in drawing. It is always nice to have gallery specific (Uffizi) catalogues of work by artists, and hopefully, one can return to the gallery with some idea of the collection in mind.

Language of Forms: Lectures on Insular Manuscript Art

Meyer Schapiro

Pierpont Morgan Library, 2006

eye-opening explanation of art of early illuminated manuscripts - highly recommended
This is the first publication of Schapiro's series of six lectures on the seventh and eight century illuminated manuscripts of England, Scotland, and Ireland--known as the Insular manuscripts--given over three decades ago as a part of the Morgan Library's Franklin ...

Italian Manuscript Painting 1300-1550
Pierpont Morgan Library

Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984

Catalogue to accompany the Dec. 1984 - Feb. 1985 exhibition of sixty illuminated manuscripts, leaves, and cuttings from early Italian works. Also a rare set of 35 painted tarot cards circa 1450. Unpaginated - approx. 36pp; 10 bw illustrations. 2-Page Preface by Charles Ryskamp. 2-Page Introduction by William M. Voelkle. Includes descriptions of 60 ...

From Leonardo to Pollock: Master Drawings from the Morgan Library
The Pierpont Morgan Library

Pierpont Morgan Library, 2006

Showcasing the riches of the Morgan Library's collection and encompassing a broad chronological and geographic scope, one hundred drawings from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries convey the breadth and depth of the Morgan's holdings. book also chronicles the history of the collection and presents a variety of drawings in a