We are very pleased to announce publication of the /Catalogue of the
Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments at Avery Architectural
and Fine Arts Library/. The exhibit and catalog will be featured at a
guest lecture event on November 4th at 6:00 PM in 523 Butler
Library,Columbia University.
For more details about the exhibit and catalog, please see:
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/alpern/index.html
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/alpern/index.html>
* Celebrating the Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments*
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/news/exhibitions/2010/20101013.alpern.html
Thursday, November 4 at 6:00 PM
Free and open to the public
NEW YORK, October 13, 2010) - The Avery Architectural and Fine Arts
Library and the Friends of the Columbia Libraries are pleased to
sponsor
a lecture event "Celebrating the Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing
Instruments" next month with talks by Andrew Alpern, architectural
historian and by James O'Gorman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Art,
Wellesley. Mr. Alpern will describe an outstanding collection of early
architectural drawing instruments that he recently donated to the Avery
Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Professor O'Gorman will address
the
significance of such instruments in his talk "Instruments, Books,
Architects, and Portraits: Picturing an Emerging Profession." The event
will take place on Thursday, November 4 at 6:00 p.m., in Room 523 of
Butler Library, on Columbia's Morningside campus.
Andrew Alpern, an architect, architectural historian and attorney, is
author of nine books and scores of articles on historic architecture of
New York including /Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: An
Illustrated
History/. James O'Gorman is Professor Emeritus of the History of
American Art at Wellesley College and author of more than a dozen books
on architecture and art history, including /Connecticut Valley
Vernacular: The Vanishing Landscape and Architecture of the New England
Tobacco Fields/. For more information about the Alpern Collection,
please see www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/alpern/index.html
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/alpern/index.html>.
A reception and book signing will immediately follow the presentation.
For more information regarding this event or to attend, please respond
to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. To
view a
listing of events, visit www.alumni.libraries.columbia.edu
<http://www.alumni.libraries.columbia.edu>.
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*The Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library* is one of the most
comprehensive architecture and fine arts library collections in the
world. Avery collects a full range of primary and secondary sources for
the advanced study of architecture, historic preservation, art history,
decorative arts, city planning, real estate, and archaeology. The
Library contains 500,000 volumes including more than 40,000 rare books,
and receives approximately 1,000 periodicals. Avery’s Drawings and
Archives collection includes 1.5 million architectural drawings and
records. The Avery Library is home to the Avery Index to Architectural
Periodicals, the only comprehensive American guide to the current
literature of architecture and design.
*Columbia University Libraries/Information Services* is one of the top
five academic research library systems in North America. The
collections
include over 10 million volumes, over 100,000 journals and serials, as
well as extensive electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books,
microforms, maps, graphic and audio-visual materials. The services and
collections are organized into 22 libraries and various academic
technology centers. The Libraries employs more than 550 professional
and
support staff. The website of the Libraries at www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb
is the gateway to its services and resources.
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Carole Ann Fabian
Director
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Columbia University
1172 Amsterdam Avenue MC 0301
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-3068
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