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Our Lady of the World's Fair : Bringing Michelangelo's "Pietà" to Queens in 1964
Title
Our Lady of the World's Fair : Bringing Michelangelo's "Pietà" to Queens in 1964 / Ruth D. Nelson.
ISBN
9781501776915
9781501776922
9781501776908
Publication
Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2024
Copyright Notice Date
©2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (264 pages).
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"In April 1964, Michelangelo's Renaissance sculpture, the Pietà, embarked on its perilous transatlantic voyage from Rome to New York to become the blockbuster of the World's Fair, accomplished only through the cooperation of two of New York's most powerful men, Robert Moses and Francis Cardinal Spellman"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2024.
Other formats
Online version: Nelson, Ruth D., 1957- Our lady of the World's Fair. Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 10, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The vision: Robert Moses and the valley of ashes
Francis Cardinal Spellman: faithful son of America and Rome
Moses and Spellman: the big favor
The coup: Moses gets his blockbuster
Spellman's dream team: the men who made it happen
Moving marble: sacred cargo
On stage: Mielziner's magnum opus
Moses delivers: the fair opens
The Vatican pavilion: heaven on this side of the earth
The agony and the ecstasy: Michelangelo meets Hollywood
City's embrace: the Pope's visit
Ciao, New York: the fair closes
Epilogue: End of an era.
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