Title: A home of the humanities : the collecting and patronage of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss /
Authors: Carder, James N., 1948-; Dumbarton Oaks.
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Bliss, Robert Woods, Art collections Congresses.; Bliss, Mildred, Art collections Congresses.; Bliss, Robert Woods, Art patronage Congresses.; Bliss, Mildred, Art patronage Congresses.; Dumbarton Oaks Congresses.; Art Collectors and collecting Washington (D.C.) Congresses.; Art patronage Washington (D.C.) Congresses.
Contents: Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss : a brief biography / James N. Carder -- Royall Tyler and the Bliss collection of Byzantine Art / Robert S. Nelson -- Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss and the pre-Columbian collection at Dumbarton Oaks / Julie Jones -- Collecting past and present : music history and musical performance at Dumbarton Oaks / Jeanice Brooks -- The architectural history of Dumbarton Oaks and the contribution of Armand Albert Rateau / James N. Carder -- Beatrix Farrand's design for the garden of Dumbarton Oaks / Robin Karson -- Mildred Barnes Bliss's garden library at Dumbarton Oaks / Therese O'Malley.