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Author	Loebl, Suzanne.
Title	America's Medicis : the Rockefellers and their astonishing cultural legacy / Suzanne Loebl.
Publication Info.	New York : Harper, c2010.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 1	920 R6825 L	IN LIBRARY

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xiv, 429 p., [16] of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-399) and index.
Contents	Preamble : an Imperial nest -- To the glory of God -- A passion for Asia -- Bridging 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 patronage.
	Rockefeller family -- Art collections.
	Art patrons -- United States -- Biography.
	Art donors -- United States -- Biography.
	Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Added Title	Rockefellers and their astonishing cultural legacy
ISBN	9780061237225
	0061237221

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