The Guggenheim : Frank Lloyd Wright and the making of the modern museum.

Format Book
Publication InfoNew York ; London : Guggenheim Museum, ©2009.
Description228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Subjects
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Contents The Guggenheim Museum : the New York context / Hilary Ballon -- Wright's Guggenheim Museum and later modernist architecture / Joseph M. Siry -- Competing visions of the modern art museum and the lasting significance of Wright's Guggenheim / Neil Levine -- Hybridized history : the Guggenheim Museum, the ziggurat, and the skyscraper / Luis E. Carranza -- Color, form, and meaning in the Guggenheim Museum / Gillermo Zuaznabar -- Furniture, patterns, and perfection : the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's interiors / Pat Kirkham and Scott W. Perkins -- Spaces for the display of fine art / Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer -- The museum as catalyst : artist installations at the Guggenheim / Nancy Spector -- Keeping faith with an idea : a time line of the Guggenheim Museum, 1943-59 / Angela Starita -- Updating Wright's masterpiece : the Guggenheim restoration, 2005-08 / Angela Starita.
Summary Published on the occasion of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's 50th anniversary, and in association with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this beautifully designed volume explores the process behind one of the greatest, most iconic modern buildings in the American - and the world.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN9780892073856 (hbk.)
ISBN0892073853 (hbk.)
ISBN9780892073818 (pbk.)
ISBN0892073810 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks N620.S63 G84 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold