Format:
160 S.
,
zahlr. Ill
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30 cm
ISBN:
9780847843800
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0847843807
Content:
Foreword / Barbara Hostetter -- A sketch in the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner / Anne Hawley, Alexander Wood -- Designing the museum's second century / Anne Hawley -- The completed building -- New meets old at the Gardner: an architectural appreciation / Robert Campbell
Content:
An in-depth study of one of Boston's treasured cultural landmarks, the pioneering patron behind the collection, and the Pritzker Prize-winning architect who modernized the Gardner Museum's vision. When Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her exquisitely curated collection to the public in 1903, she could hardly have imagined the more than 250,000 visitors that now annually explore the art and furnishings housed in her historic re-creation of a Venetian palace. Tasked with the first addition to the museum since its founding, Renzo Piano Building Workshop has brought Gardner's vision into the new millennium. In addition to sumptuous images of the courtyards, gardens, and galleries of the original stone palazzo and rarely seen journal pages and photographs, this beautifully designed volume features architectural renderings and new photographs of the 70,000-square-foot wing. Essays address Gardner's life, including her friendships with Henry James, James McNeill Whistler, and John Singer Sargent; the museum's interaction with Renzo Piano Building Workshop; and the new building within the firm's distinguished museum work as a whole--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 155)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Gardner, Isabella Stewart 1840-1924
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Museumsbau
;
Geschichte
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Bildband
URL:
http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780847843800
Author information:
Gardner, Isabella Stewart 1840-1924
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