Shafin Farko: Ƙarin Morgan Library da Museum

Ƙarin littattafai na ƙarya, asirin asiri da lambar zodiac

Sauye-sauye na 2006 na Kamfanin Morgan Library da Museum ya gina kwarewa na gidan kayan gargajiyar zamani don baƙi ciki har da haɗin kai tsakanin dukan gine-gine da kuma wurare don sha'ani na musamman, wasanni, da laccoci. A cikin asalin 1906 ginin da aka fi sani da "Mr. Morgan's library" wasu daga cikin mafi kyaun sirrin New York na jira don a gano.

Ƙungiyar Attauum na Renzo Piano ta haɗa ɗakin ɗakin karatu na tsohuwar ɗakin, wanda aka tsara a kan wurin da JP yake

Morgan ya taba rayuwa da kuma brownstone inda dansa Jack Morgan ya rayu. JP Morgan shi ne babban shahararrun dan kasuwa na Amurka da kuma mai karɓar kayan fasaha da rubuce-rubuce. Ana iya samo ɗayan ɗakunansa a wasu gidajen kayan gargajiya, mafi mahimmanci Gidan Gidan Gidan Hoto na Musamman , amma dukiyarsa mafi girma shine a gidan kayan gargajiya. A 1924, an bude tarin ga jama'a.

A nan ne jagorar ɗakin daki a cikin dakin sirri na Morgan.

Rotunda

Da zarar babbar hanyar shiga ɗakin ɗakin karatu, Renaissance ta Italiya ta sami rinjaye sosai. An zana zane-zane a cikin dutsen Rotunda ta hoton da Raphael yayi don Paparoma Julius II a Stanza della Segnatura. Kamar Paparoma wanda shi ma wakilin Michelangelo ne, Morgan ya ga kansa a matsayin masanin fasaha.

Ofishin mai ba da jaridu

Ƙananan ɗakin a arewacin rotunda wanda ginshiƙan lapis lazuli ya fadi shi ne ofishin ɗakin littattafai har zuwa shekarun 1980. Mafi shahararrun masanin tarihin Morgan shine Belle da Costa Greene (1879-1950) wanda Morgan ya hayar a 1905 don gudanar da tarin littattafai da rubuce-rubuce da yawa.

Daga bisani sai ta zama babban darektan gidan kayan gargajiya na jama'a, matsayi na musamman ga mace a wannan lokacin. Har ma da abin mamaki shi ne cewa Greene ta boye ainihin launin fata wanda ya sanya ta "launin" a takardar shaidar haihuwarsa. Ta canja sunanta don ya ce da kakanninsu na Portuguese ne da ta yi amfani da ita don bayyana launin fata.

Kodayake mahaifin Greene ya shahara a makarantar sakandare don zama dan Afrika na farko da ya kammala karatun digiri daga Harvard College da kuma ɗan littafin bacci na farko da kuma farfesa a Jami'ar South Carolina, sai ta ji cewa ainihin launin fata ya hana ta daga abubuwan da ta aikata. da aka samu a cikin fasaha da kuma rare littafi a wancan lokacin.

Binciken Morgan

JP Morgan ya yi amfani da wannan ɗakin a matsayin nazarin kansa kuma yana nan inda aka tattauna batun mujallar Amurka da kuma muhawara. Lokacin da tsoro na 1907 ya fadi, Morgan ya kasance a Virginia, amma ya rataye motarsa ​​ta mota zuwa motar tururi kuma ya koma New York a cikin dare. Ga makonni masu zuwa, ya yi aiki tare da masu ba da shawara a ɗakin karatu da nazarin kuma ya yi aiki da ceto da lalacewa da dama. Daga bisani kuma ya soki aikinsa a cikin rikicin, kuma ya zama fuskar banki wanda Frank Capra ya yi amfani da shi a matsayin misali don halin Mr. Potter a cikin finafinan fim din, "Rayuwa mai ban mamaki".

A cikin binciken shine Mista Morgan wanda ke budewa ga jama'a. Mafi sanannun sani shine akwati nan da nan zuwa dama na vault ƙarya. Bincika ga gwano da hinge wanda ya nuna wurin da karamin shari'ar ya bude.

The Library

Ɗauren ɗakunan littattafai masu girma biyu sun nuna dubban littattafai. Dubi ko dai gefen ƙananan hanyoyi don hasken haske a ƙarƙashin gwanin goro. Kowace ainihi ƙofar ce wadda ke haifar da zane-zane a bayan littattafai. Sau da yawa a lokuta daban-daban, Morgan yana so ya bayyana ba daga inda ba ya zo bayan bayanan.

Gidan ɗakin ɗakin karatu ya ƙunshi alamun zodiac da aka shirya a hanyar da take da mahimmanci ga Morgan. Alamun nan guda biyu a saman ƙofar shine Aries da Gemini wanda ya dace da ranar haihuwarsa da kuma na biyu. Wadannan za a yi la'akari da taurari biyu. A bayyane daga wadannan Gemini ne Aquarius, alamar da matarsa ​​ta fari da ƙaunar gaskiya ta rayu ta mutu. A gefe daga Aries shi ne Libra, alamar da aka ba shi lokacin da ya shiga cikin Zodiac Club mai ɓoye.

An tsara shi a shekara ta 1865, Zodiac Club ne kawai kungiyoyi masu gayyatar da suka hadu da abincin dare sau ɗaya a wata. Suna har yanzu a yau da kuma mambobin da suka wuce sun hada da mafi kyawun kullun da masu karfin iko a tarihi. An fara JP Morgan ne a matsayin Brother Libra a 1903. Dansa ya karbi kurkuku lokacin da ya tafi ya ajiye 'yan uwan ​​Zodiac tare da ruwan inabi mafi kyau a Faransa.