The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Dt. /Engl.
Pierpont Morgan Library(Editor)
Hatje Cantz Verlag
Published in 1998
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-3-7757-0785-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Pierpont Morgan Library is both a museum of fine art and a research centre, and is recognised as housing a world class collection of priceless works. This publication gives an inside view of its holdings, with informative essays on the collection's 15th-century books, Middle Age and Renaissance manuscripts, and drawings by the masters. The Library's unique collection - of musical scores, letters and manuscripts that date from 1500 to the present century - it also contained in this guide to the library. The works of artists, writers, musicians and scientists are all represented in this volume, and include amongst others, Rembrandt, Goya, Blake, Rubens, Tiepolo, Watteau, Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Poe, Jefferson, Austen, Rousseau, Byron and Einstein.
More details
Language
English
German
Place of publication
Ostfildern
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
141 farb. Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-0785-5 (9783775707855)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Editor
Contributions