Philip Johnson: Life and Work.
by Franz Schulze
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.. 8vo. 472 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illustrated paper wraps. Some shelf wear. B&W plates throughout.ISBN: 0226740587 9780226740584.Contents: Origins and directions, 1952-1934 --The inglorious detour, 1934-1946 --Rebirth and renewal, 1946-1953 --Break with modernism, 1953-1967Drawing on Philip Johnson’s correspondence, personal photographs, and speeches, and on interviews with his friends and contemporaries, this biography presents information and discussion of the architect's family, travels and friends, as well as his many buildings and spaces. In this biography, Franz Schulze probes the private and professional life of one of the most famous architects and architectural critics of the 20th century. The only son of a wealthy Midwestern family, Philip Johnson was a millionaire by the time he graduated from Harvard, and in 1932 he helped stage the historic International Style exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. A patron of the arts and a political activist who flirted with the politics of Hitler, Huey Long, and Father Coughlin, Johnson created controversial and historical structures such as the Glass House, the Roofless Church, the AT & T Building, the Crustal Cathedral, and many more. Johnson's personal charms paired with his manipulative ploys - like his "borrowing" of designs - shine through in this biography. Drawing on Johnson's correspondence, personal photographs, and speeches, and on interviews with his friends and contemporaries, Schulze fills the biography with information on the architect's family, travels, friends and lovers, and his many buildings and spaces themselves.
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- Title
- Philip Johnson: Life and Work.
- Author
- Franz Schulze
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0226740587
- ISBN 13
- 9780226740584
- Publisher
- Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1996-06
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