A home of the humanities : The collecting and patronage of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss
Washington (DC): Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2010. Hardcover. Black cloth boards. Gray dj with photograph. xxi, 177 pages : illustrations (some color). Like new. Still in shrink wrap. Item #186812
ISBN: 9780884023654
Contents: Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss : a brief biography / James N. Carder -- Royall Tyler and the Bliss collection of Byzantine Art / Robert S. Nelson -- Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss and the pre-Columbian collection at Dumbarton Oaks / Julie Jones -- Collecting past and present : music history and musical performance at Dumbarton Oaks / Jeanice Brooks -- The architectural history of Dumbarton Oaks and the contribution of Armand Albert Rateau / James N. Carder -- Beatrix Farrand's design for the garden of Dumbarton Oaks / Robin Karson -- Mildred Barnes Bliss's garden library at Dumbarton Oaks / Therese O'Malley.
"Proceedings of the symposium 'A home of the humanities, a symposium on the collecting and patronage of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss, ' organized by the Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., in honor of the completion of the capital building campaign and the reopening of the museum. The symposium was held on Saturday and Sunday, 12 and 13 April 2008"--Title page verso./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index.
OCLC: 529958076
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