The Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano Medieval

The Making of the Morgan from Charles McKim to Renzo Piano MedievalIn 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

Rachel Federman

created intensely personal and idiosyncratic gardens

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rich tones

the Twibbit

and the artisans of the Gobelins

the apostles

But the artistic scene in Paris at the dawn of the century was diverse and included artists who forged careers largely outside of the Royal Academy

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Morgan’s personal librarian

the Penitential Psalms and Litany

‘Satire in the Age of Reason’ is sly