Please note that Avery Library will be open on Monday, January 16th with the following exceptions: Avery Classics, Drawings & Archives, Art Properties, Avery Index and Bibliographic Services will be closed. We will operate with minimal public service staff levels to accommodate researchers for the day. See our hours. […]
Category: Bibliographic Services
Contemporary Chinese Art Books at Avery Library
Here is a brief selection of contemporary Chinese art books recently acquired at Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library: Wu Hung with the assistance of Peggy Wang, editors. Contemporary Chinese art : primary documents. New York : Museum of Modern Art ; Durham, N.C. : Distributed by Duke University Press, c2010. Avery Fine Arts […]
Outsider Art books at Avery
In addition to traditional subjects in Art History, Avery Library also collects books on the strange, unsettling world of Outsider Art. Outsider art is a term used to describe art created by untrained artists who create works outside the boundaries of official culture. Here are a few examples of some current titles we have received: […]
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 […]
Avery Library Welcomes Students!!
Welcome to Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library! The Avery Library homepage has a lot of useful information including hours, services, subject and research guides, and information on our departments including Drawings & Archives, Avery Classics Collection (Rare Books) and the Avery Index . We are also on Facebook and Twitter so "like" us and […]
Happy Birthday Peter Eisenman!
Happy Birthday to Peter Eisenman born Aug. 11, 1932. The oldest citation on him in the Avery Index is from Architectural & Engineering News, 1967 Feb., v. 9, p.33 titled "The Other Architect". He spoke at Columbia yesterday in an open "conversation" with Dean Mark Wigley. […]
Avery Library New Architecture Journals
Title: An Architektur. Published: Berlin : An Architektur. Began in 2002. Subject heading: Architecture Avery location: Avery Classics AB An1 Location: EJOURNALS Title: Candide : journal for architectural knowledge. Published: Bielefeld : Transcript. Began in 2009. Subject heading: Architecture-Philosophy Avery Location: AB C1665 Title: CTBUH journal : tall buildings, design, construction […]
Avery Library Display of Recent Acquisitions Photos
The Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Display of Recent Acquisitions event took place on Monday, May 16, 2011. Please take a look at the photos which document the architectural and fine arts collections and research. […]
Avery Library Congratulates Graduates
Avery Library congratulates all the graduates at today's Commencement!! Get out and make a difference in the world!! […]
Current Publications Featured in the Avery Library Display of Recent Acquisitions
Judy Chicago with Frances Borzello. Frida Kahlo: face to face. Munich; London; New York: Prestel, c2010. At once deeply personal and brilliantly perceptive, this dynamic reconsideration of the life and work of Frida Kahlo is curated by the prominent feminist artist Judy Chicago, who helped introduce American audiences to Kahlo’s paintings. In this volume Chicago, […]