The Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano and excerpts from his textual

and excerpts from his textual inspirations: from Indian folktales and the letters of Benjamin Franklin to the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini and Audubon’s Ornithological Biography

archaeological investigations

This fully illustrated catalogue investigates important and illuminating aspects of Al Taylor’s drawings

she had shaped the famous Pierpont Morgan Library collection and was a proto-celebrity in New York and the art world

The Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano and excerpts from his textualIn 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 that