Today is the birthday of H.H. Richardson (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) a prominent American architect of the 19th century.The style he used is named after him: Richardsonian Romanesque. In our Classics Collection we have the book: "Communication from the County Commissioners to the Board of Prison Inspectors of Allegheny County in relation […]
Month: September 2011
New York’s Architectural Holdouts book talk
New York’s Architectural Holdouts is the title of a new revised edition of the book by Andrew Alpern and Seymour Durst. "Holdouts" are building owners who refuse to make way for office buildings and other urban designing projects. In New York’s Architectural Holdouts architect and historian Alpern and developer Durst examine over 50 examples of […]
Carolyn Yerkes, Curator of Avery Classics, Speaking
On Saturday, October 1, the University of Virginia Art Museum is hosting a symposium entitled Variety, Archeology, and Ornament: Renaissance Architectural Prints from Column to Cornice in which I will be speaking. This symposium is being held in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name that features several items from Avery’s collections. I will […]
New Caravaggio books at Avery Library
To celebrate the 400th anniversary in 2010 of the death of the great early Baroque Italian painter, several new publications were issued which Avery Library has recently acquired. A select sample is presented. The work of Michaelangelo Mersi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) is noted for its blend of realism and naturalism, strengthened with his use of […]
What happened to the Picasso books? Where did photography go?!
In order to protect library materials from a ceiling leak in the Fine Arts stacks, books in the call number ranges N673 M34 – NK have been temporarily re-located to aisles 3-13 on the South side of the 200-level (South Stack B, next to the Avery-LC books). The leak, which occurs during rainy days, is […]
Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Announces Gift from Rose Associates
NEW YORK, September 13, 2011 – Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library received a gift of archival materials from Rose Associates – a prominent New York real estate development firm. The archival gift is accompanied by funds from the Susan & Elihu Rose Foundation to support processing this fascinating collection of construction photographs, brochures, newspaper clippings, […]
Avery Library Tours
Want to know about our collections? Where things are located? What’s a database? Take an Avery Library tour!! Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 12:00-1:00 Friday Sept. 16, 2011 12:00-1:00 Monday Sept. 19, 2011 12:00-1:00 Tuesday Sept. 20, 2011 12:00-1:00 Friday Sept. 23, 2011 12:00-1:00 Monday Sept. 26, 2011 12:00-1:00 Sign up for tours at the Service […]
Avery Library Remembers 9/11
Avery Library has a large collection of historical resource guides with links to older material on Rebuilding Downtown NYC. […]
Avery Classics resumes regular semester hours, with evening Thursday hours
On Tuesday, September 6–the first day of classes–the Avery Classics reading room will resume its regular semester hours. These are Monday through Friday, 1:00pm to 4:30pm; the reading room will also be open late on Thursday nights from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. You can confirm our opening hours on any day using our online calendar. To […]
Avery Library Hours- 1st week
1st week of school hours: Tues. Sept. 6: 9-5 Wed. Sept. 7; 9-9 Thurs. Sept. 8:9-9 Fri. Sept.9: 9-5 Sat. Sept. 10:11-7 Sun. Sept. 11: 12-8 Semester hours begin on Sept. 12. […]