Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry Contributor(s): Goldberger, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307946398 ISBN-13: 9780307946393 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - General |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.54 lbs) 544 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Here, from Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Paul Goldberger, is the first full-fledged critical biography of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time. Goldberger follows Gehry from his humble origins--the son of working-class Jewish immigrants in Toronto--to the heights of his extraordinary career. He explores Gehry's relationship to Los Angeles, a city that welcomed outsider artists and profoundly shaped him in his formative years. He surveys the full range of his work, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. to the architect's own home in Santa Monica, which galvanized his neighbors and astonished the world. He analyzes his carefully crafted persona, in which an amiable surface masks a driving ambition. And he discusses his use of technology, not just to change the way a building looks, but to revolutionize the very practice of the field. Comprehensive and incisive, Building Art is a sweeping view of a singular artist--and an essential story of architecture's modern era. |