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Lamster, Mark, 1969-
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Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005.
Architects -- United States -- Biography.
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Lamster, Mark, 1969-
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005.
Architects -- United States -- Biography.
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The
man
in the
glass
house
:
Philip
Johnson
,
architect
of the
modern
century
/ Mark Lamster.
by
Lamster, Mark, 1969-
Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Call #:
720.92 J661L
Subjects
Johnson
,
Philip
, 1906-2005.
Architects -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780316126434 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Philip
Johnson
,
architect
of the
modern
century
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvii, 508 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-490) and index.
Contents:
The Master's Joy -- From Saul to Paul -- A
Man
of Style -- Show Time -- The Maestro -- The Gold Dust Twins -- An American Führer -- Pops -- A New New Beginning -- An Apostate at Worship -- Crutches -- Cocktails on the Terrace -- Third City -- Towers and Power -- The Head of the Circle -- Things Fall Apart -- The Irresistible Allure of the Fantastic.
Summary:
"A major new biography of
Philip
Johnson
, an extraordinary
architect
whose politics and proclivities made him one of the most controversial figures in American cultural history. When
Philip
Johnson
died in 2005 at the age of ninety-eight, he was still one of the most recognizable -- and influential -- figures on the American cultural landscape. The first recipient of the Pritzker Prize and MoMA's founding architectural curator, he introduced America to modernism and promoted generations of architects, designers, and artists.
Johnson
, the consummate power broker, virtually invented the 'starchitect,' the celebrity
architect
. His own work (most prominently the
Glass
House
and the Chippendale-capped AT&T Building New York) was polarizing, yet can be found in most every major American city.
Johnson
was a
man
of deep paradoxes: A Nazi sympathizer who later built synagogues and supported Israel, an opportunist and a romantic, a populist and a snob. Award-winning critic Mark Lamster lifts the veil on
Johnson
's contradictions to tell the story of this brilliant yet deeply flawed
man
."--From publisher.
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Biographies.
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