The Guggenheim : Frank Lloyd Wright's iconoclastic masterpiece /

• Main Author: Dal Co, Francesco 1945-
• Other Authors: Melker, Sarah (μεταφράστρια.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New Haven : Yale University Press ; 2017.
• Series: Great architects/great buildings
• Subjects: Wright, Frank Lloyd, > 1867-1959; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Αρχιτεκτονική > Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής > Ιστορία > 20ος αιώνας; Μουσεία τέχνης > Σχεδιασμός και κατασκευή > Νέα Υόρκη; Νέα Υόρκη (Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής) > Κτίρια, οικοδομήματα κλπ.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. The Guggenheim
• Chapter 2. Solomon Guggenheim, Hilla Rebay, their art collection, and MoMA
• Chapter 3. The tyranny of the skyscraper
• Chapter 4. Wright's monument
• Chapter 5. Designing the Guggenheim
• Chapter 6. The angel of the architects
• Chapter 7. A building to withstand the atomic bomb
• Chapter 8. Wright's iconoclasm
• Portfolio of photographs, drawings, and references
• Bibliographical note
• Acknowledgments
• Photograph credits.