Product Description: The Dumbarton Oaks Research and Study Center in Washington, D.C., administered by Harvard University, is a famed museum and study center specializing in pre-Columbian art, Byzantine studies, and garden history and design. Long known for its museum pavilion, designed by the noted architect Philip Johnson, Dumbarton Oaks sits within one of the most spectacular gardens in America...read more

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Product Description: Photography by Ping Amranand History by Philip Kopper Washington: Seasons of the Capital is a world-class portrait of one of the world's great cities. This illustrated history celebrates Washington's magnificence, what author Philip Kopper calls "a spectacular convergence of natural assets, human resources, and political possibilities...read more