Hovering above the heads of visitors to the library are painted female figures who represent religion, philosophy, science, and art. Reliefs on the ceiling depict gods and goddesses such as Venus ...

Douglas Newton, then the curator of the Museum of Primitive Art in New York, established by Nelson A. Rockefeller on West 54th Street in Manhattan, commissioned the ceiling in 1970, after the Met ...

New York City Admirers of the 1906 Morgan Library & Museum who felt that Renzo Piano’s 2006 expansion overshadowed the historic rooms of J. Pierpont Morgan’s former study and library — housed in an ...

For a cozy library in Connecticut, he covered the ceiling with wide boards painted a deep purple. “They’re just wood boards, butt-jointed and painted,” he said. “It creates a striped ...

The NYC museum and research library has long been a sight -- but until the completion of a $13 million renovation, its outdoor spaces weren't accessible. In the 116 years that J. Pierpont Morgan ...