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The Guggenheim : Frank Lloyd Wright's iconoclastic masterpiece / Francesco Dal Co ; translated by Sarah Melker.
Author
Dal Co, Francesco, 1945-
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Uniform title
Tempo e l'architetto.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New Haven : Yale University Press ; [2017]
©2017
Description
ix, 172 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
N620.S63 D348 2017
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Subject(s)
New York (N.Y.)
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Buildings, structures, etc
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959
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Translator
Melker, Sarah
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Architect
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
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Great architects/great buildings
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Summary note
The captivating tale of the plans and personalities behind one of New York City's most radical and recognizable buildings Considered the crowning achievement of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan is often called iconic. But it is in fact iconoclastic, standing in stark contrast to the surrounding metropolis and setting a new standard for the postwar art museum. Commissioned to design the building in 1943 by the museum's founding curator, Baroness Hilla von Rebay, Wright established residence in the Plaza Hotel in order to oversee the project. Over the next 17 years, Wright continuously clashed with his clients over the cost and the design, a conflict that extended to the city of New York and its cultural establishment. Against all odds, Wright held fast to his radical design concept of an inverted ziggurat and spiraling ramp, built with a continuous beam-a shape recalling the form of an hourglass. Construction was only completed in 1959, six months after Wright's death. The building's initial critical response ultimately gave way to near-universal admiration, as it came to be seen as an architectural masterpiece. This essential text, offering a behind-the-scenes story of the Guggenheim along with a careful reading of its architecture, is beautifully illustrated with more than 150 images, including plans, drawings, and rare photographs of the building under construction.
Notes
"The present volume is a completely revised version of the book Il tempo e l'architetto, published in 2004 by Mondadori Electa, Milan."--Page iv.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172).
Contents
Preface
The Guggenheim
Solomon Guggenheim, Hilla Rebay, their art collection, and MoMA
The tyranny of the skyscraper
Wright's monument
Designing the Guggenheim
The angel of the architects
A building to withstand the atomic bomb
Wright's iconoclasm
Portfolio of photographs, drawings, and references
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgments
Photograph credits.
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Revision of: Dal Co, Francesco, 1945- Il tempo e l'architetto. Milano: Electa, 2004
ISBN
9780300226058 ((hardback))
0300226055 ((hardback))
LCCN
2016960143
OCLC
969981835
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