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The Fisher Fine Arts Library was the primary library of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from 1891 to 1962. The red sandstone , brick -and- terra-cotta Venetian Gothic giant, part fortress and part cathedral, was designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness (1839–1912).
The library is noted as being one of two in the world (the Mafra palace library being the other) whose books are protected from insects by the presence of a colony of bats within the library. [7] During the night, the bats consume the insects that appear, eliminating the pest and assisting the maintenance of the stacks.
Avery Library's collection in architecture literature is among the largest in the world and includes such highlights as the first Western printed book on architecture, De re aedificatoria (1485), by Leone Battista Alberti; Francesco Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499); works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi; and classics of modernism by Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, with the rarest ...
Tony Smith, Free Ride, 1962, 6'8 × 6'8 × 6'8, Museum of Modern Art (New York City) Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts. As a ...
It contains the manuscripts and books belonging to the private library of the Medici family. The library building is renowned for its architecture that was designed by Michelangelo and is an example of Mannerism. [1] [2] [3] All of the book-bound manuscripts in the library are identified in its Codex Laurentianus.
The Admont Abbey Library (Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Admont) [2] is a monastic library [3] located in Admont, a small town next to the Enns River in Styria, Austria, and is attached to the Admont Abbey. [4] Admont Abbey Library is the largest monastic library in the world, [5] and is noted for its Baroque art, architecture and manuscripts. [6]
The library's initial design was for a mechanical book conveyor belt system to allow for faster collection by library staff, who would then send books downstairs for pickup. After Robarts was opened to all students, the conveyor system was discarded, although the tracks used by the conveyor system are still visible above the shelves.
It was designed by Guy Tilden as the winning entry in a Carnegie library design competition. The library was built in 1903. The library was built in 1903. It was said in 1973 to be "'one of Tilden's designs most admired by present-day architects'" [ 2 ] The library moved to another building in 1978, and the original building now houses law ...