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Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House

John Bigelow Taylor

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For years, the Asian Art Museum was one of San Francisco's best-kept secrets. It was the largest museum devoted to Asian art in the Western world, but its collection was housed in a wing of another museum where only a small fraction of the collection could be displayed. In 1997, it moved into a landmark 1916 building designed by George W. Kelham. The task of retaining the building's historic qualities while invigorating it with bold new elements was given to Milanese architect Gae Aulenti, who had previously transformed a beaux arts train station into the Muse, D'Orsay. The result is a blend of Beaux Arts traditionalism and sleek European modernism. This new addition to the Art Spaces series studies the history and design of one of America's most unique museums.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Scala Books

Release: January 01, 2010

ISBN: 1857596234

ISBN 13: 9781857596236

Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House

John Bigelow Taylor

4.3/5 ( ratings)

For years, the Asian Art Museum was one of San Francisco's best-kept secrets. It was the largest museum devoted to Asian art in the Western world, but its collection was housed in a wing of another museum where only a small fraction of the collection could be displayed. In 1997, it moved into a landmark 1916 building designed by George W. Kelham. The task of retaining the building's historic qualities while invigorating it with bold new elements was given to Milanese architect Gae Aulenti, who had previously transformed a beaux arts train station into the Muse, D'Orsay. The result is a blend of Beaux Arts traditionalism and sleek European modernism. This new addition to the Art Spaces series studies the history and design of one of America's most unique museums.

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Scala Books

Release: January 01, 2010

ISBN: 1857596234

ISBN 13: 9781857596236

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