Avery Library welcomed Professor Ioana Manolache’s architectural drawing class for the School of the Arts undergraduate program on Sept. 21, 2016. They were studying one-point perspective of a large architectural space. Popularized during the Renaissance, one-point perspective makes use of linear geometric planes that converge on the horizon onto one vanishing point. According to Professor […]
The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years
The Metropolitan Opera House, the “old Met” opened on October 22, 1883 and was designed by J. Cleveland Cady. Located at 1411 Broadway, the Opera House occupied the entire block between West 39th Street and West 40th Street. Nine years later on August 27, 1892, the theater was gutted by fire. In 1903, the interior […]
Announcing the opening of the Douglas Darden Collection in Avery Drawings & Archives!
The Douglas Darden Collection has been processed and is now available for researchers! This project was completed as a part of the Columbia Libraries Graduate Internship Program in Primary Sources by Sara McGillivray, a Master’s student in GSAPP’s CCCP Program. Douglas Darden was an American architect based out of Denver, Colorado. He was best known […]
Avery / GSAPP Architectural Plans & Sections Collection in Artstor
Avery is thrilled to announce the completion of our two-year collaborative project with the GSAPP Visual Resources Collection (VRC) and Artstor to present the Avery/GSAPP Architectural Plans & Sections Collection in the Artstor Digital Library. Launched to coincide with the beginning of the 2016/17 academic year, Phase 2 adds another 10,000 images to the collection, […]
Avery Library Welcomes Students
Avery Library welcomes new and returning students! We hope you had a great summer and are ready for the new semester. Our hours for the Fall semester are here. Our reference hours are here. When we are not available for reference questions, click on “Ask a Librarian” to be connected to online chat reference. […]
Conservation Project: Technical Analysis of a Chinese Bodhisattva
The mission of Art Properties is to encourage the study and research of works of art from the University art collection. As noted in a previous blog post, in 2013 we began a partnership with the NYU Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center as an extension of this educational mission in support of object-centered learning. […]
Rio viewbook
As the world’s attention turns to Rio with the beginning of the summer Olympics, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library offers a glimpse into the city’s past. A souvenir album of Rio de Janeiro from the 1920s is included in the Viewbook exhibition, on display through October 31st in the Avery Classics Reading Room. A […]
A.J. Downing & His Legacy
Last fall, Avery Library’s Classics Reading Room featured an exhibition exploring the legacy of A.J. Downing. Those of you who missed it can now view the digital version of the exhibition! A.J. Downing & His Legacy Andrew Jackson Downing is known as the “father” of the American architectural pattern book. Downing saw both how books […]
Art Properties Description-to-Discovery Project
Searching for Art Work in the Columbia University Art Collection For the first time, it is now possible to search for selected works from the Columbia University art collection. Art Properties, Avery Library, is pleased to announce the release of over 2,000 item records for cultural artifacts and works of art. Among the items in […]
Viewbooks: Window into America
Viewbooks: Window into America Curators: Teresa Harris and Lena Newman June 20, 2016-December 23, 2016 Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm Avery Classics Reading Room, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Avery Library opens its summer exhibition with a delightful display of selections from its American Viewbooks collection. The exhibit celebrates the completion of our CLIR Hidden […]