Research Catalog

Title

Dumbarton Oaks : the collections / edited by Gudrun Bühl.

Author

Dumbarton Oaks

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection ; [Cambridge, Mass.] : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bühl, Gudrun

Description

379 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 21 cm.

Summary

"Dumbarton Oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss in the beginning of the 20th century. The specialist collections in Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art are famous among scholars in the fields. For the first time the museum publishes highlights of these collections together with examples from the Bliss's superb European collections." "Dumbarton Oaks - The Collections is intended as a valuable resource and a pleasure to read for scholars and laypeople alike, who share the Blisses' fascination with artistry and craftsmanship from around the world and across the centuries."--book jacket.

Subjects

• Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
• Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
• Catalogs
• Indian art > Catalogs
• Art objects, Byzantine > Catalogs
• Dumbarton Oaks Catalogs
• Art > Washington (D.C.) > Catalogs

Genre/Form

• Catalogs
• Catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Blisses as Collectors -- The Byzantine Collection -- The Pre-Columbian Collection -- The Dumbarton Oaks Music Room and House Collection.

ISBN

• 9780884023548
• 0884023540

LCCN

^^2007050544

OCLC

• 183879781
• SCSB-11823468

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library