# Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks és una mansió particular situada al barri de Georgetown a Washington, DC. Aquest indret alberga la Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, un centre de documentació sobre els estudis romans d'Orient, precolombins i sobre l'ordenament territorial.
La mansió va ser construïda el 1800 en estil federal i va ser comprada el 1920 per en Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962), membre del Foreign Service americà.
En el transcurs de la seva existència, la família Bliss hi va reunir una important col·lecció d'objectes i de llibres. El 1940, la col·lecció, la casa i el terreny van ser objecte d'una donació per tal de crear la Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, la gestió de la qual va ser confiada a la Universitat Harvard. Al començament, la institució s'interessava només pels estudis bizantins.
La biblioteca de Dumbarton Oaks posseeix més de 100.000 volums. La institució acull diversos investigadors residents i atorga cada any una quarantena de beques destinades a investigadors visitants.
Les quatre hectàrees de jardins van ser dissenyats durant el període 1922-1947 per l'arquitecte Beatrix Farrand. Es componen de les parts següents: Star Garden, Green Garden, Beech Terrace, Urn Terrace, formal Rose Garden, Arbor Terrace, Fountain Terrace, Lover's Lane Pool, i Pebble Terrace, així com Camellia Circle, Prunus Walk, Cherry Hill, Crabapple Hill, Forsythia Hill, i Fairview Hill. Els jardins estan oberts al públic.
El 1944, va albergar la Conferència de Dumbarton Oaks, trobada internacional que va posar les bases de les Nacions Unides.
Igor Stravinski va escriure el concert Dumbarton Oaks el 1938, a petició de Robert Bliss.

## Referències

* ↑ Hambro, Edvard Isak; Leland M. Goodrich. Charter of the United Nations: Commentary and Documents. Boston: World Peace Foundation, 1946.

### Bibliografia

* Benson, Elizabeth P.; Michael D. Coe Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1963.
* Supplement to the Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1969.
* Boone, Elizabeth Hill. Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1996. ISBN 0-88402-225-0.
* Bühl, Gudrun; Dumbarton Oaks. Dumbarton Oaks: The Collections. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2008. ISBN 978-0-88402-354-8.
* Carder, James N. A Home of the Humanities: The Collecting and Patronage of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2010, p. 53–72. ISBN 978-0-88402-365-4.
* The Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University: Handbook. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1955.
* Goode, James M. Capital Losses. Smithsonian, 2003. ISBN 9781588341051.
* Hambro, Edvard Isak; Leland M. Goodrich. Charter of the United Nations: Commentary and Documents. Boston: World Peace Foundation, 1946.
* Lothrop, Samuel K. Pre-Columbian Art. Nova York: Phaidon Publishers, 1957.
* Lott, Linda. The Arbor Terrace at Dumbarton Oaks: History and Design. United Kingdom: Garden History Society, Winter 2003, p. 209–217.
* Lott, Linda. Four Seasons of Flowers: A Selection of Botanical Illustrations from the Rare Book Collection at Dumbarton Oaks.. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2013. ISBN 978-0-88402-384-5.
* Lott, Linda; Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn. The Garden Library of Dumbarton Oaks: an outstanding rare book collection. Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann, c. 2011. ISBN 978-3-465-03679-1.
* Lott, Linda. Garden Ornament at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c. 2001.
* Richter, Gisela. Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1956. ISBN 0-88402-002-9.
* Ross, Marvin. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection: Volume 1, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, Glyptics, Painting. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1962. ISBN 0-88402-009-6.
* Ross, Marvin; Susan Boyd; Stephen Zwirn. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection: Volume 2, Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period. Revised. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2006. ISBN 0-88402-301-X.
* Sacred Art, Secular Context: Objects of Art from the Byzantine Collection of Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., Accompanied by American Paintings from the Collection of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. Athens, Ga.: Georgia Museum of Art, 2005. ISBN 0-915977-57-5.
* Taube, Karl A. Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2004. ISBN 0-88402-275-7.
* Vikan, Gary. Catalogue of the Sculpture in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection from the Ptolemaic Period to the Renaissance. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1995. ISBN 0-88402-212-9.
* Weitzmann, Kurt. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection: Volume 3, Ivories and Steatites. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1972. ISBN 0-88402-038-X.
* Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim; with preface by Angeliki E. Laiou ; with assistance from Linda Lott. Dumbarton Oaks Conversations, 1944-1994: A Look Behind the Scenes. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1994. ISBN 0-88402-231-5.

## Enllaços externs

* Web oficial de la biblioteca de Dumbarton Oaks
* The Mosaics of Dumbarton Oaks
* Dumbarton Oaks Mosaic Pebble Garden
* Explore DC