America's Medicis
Subtitle: the Rockefellers and their astonishing cultural legacy
By: Suzanne Loebl
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9780061237225
Subjects: Philanthropists; Art patronage; Art collections; Art patrons
Other titles: Rockefellers and their astonishing cultural legacy
Description: Explores the philanthropic achievements and cultural contributions of the Rockefellers to the arts, drawing on family archives and other sources to trace their development of museums and architectural projects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-399) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preamble : an Imperial nest; title: To the glory of God; title: A passion for Asia; title: Bridging the past and the present : the Oriental Institute, the Cairo Museum, the Metropolitan Museum's Assyrian sculptures, and the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem; title: Rockefeller Center; title: Mother's museum : MoMA, 1929-39; title: The Cloisters; title: Colonial Williamsburg and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum of American Folk Art; title: MoMA under Nelson A. Rockefeller's stewardship, 1939-69; title: A modest man assumes his birthright : the Asia Society and Lincoln Center; title: The Rockefeller Collection at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; title: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Mall; title: David Rockefeller : the Museum of Modern Art and the JPMorgan-Chase Corporate Art Collection; title: In memoriam : the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center in San Antonio, Texas; title: Smaller gifts; title: Kykuit : on a clear day you can see forever.