| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 429 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-372) and index. |
| Contents |
Preamble : an Imperial nest -- To the glory of God -- A passion for Asia -- Briding the past and the present : the Oriental Institute, the Cairo Museum, the Metropolitan Museum's Assyrian sculptures, and the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem -- Rockefeller Center -- Mother's museum : MoMA, 1929-39 -- The Cloisters -- Colonial Williamsburg and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum of American Folk Art -- MoMA under Nelson A. Rockefeller's stewardship, 1939-69 -- A modest man assumes his birthright : the Asia Society and Lincoln Center -- The Rockefeller Collection at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco -- The Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Mall -- David Rockefeller : the Museum of Modern Art and the JPMorgan-Chase Corporate Art Collection -- In memoriam : the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center in San Antonio, Texas -- Smaller gifts -- Kykuit : on a clear day you can see forever. |
| Subject |
Rockefeller family -- Art collections.
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Capitalists and financiers -- United States.
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Art patronage.
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Charity.
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| ISBN |
9780061237225 trade |
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0061237221 trade |
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