04004nam a22004097a 4500 pucpr 20220616133108.0 190515b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780316126434 0316126438 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA737.J6 L36 2018 720.92 B 23 Lamster, Mark, 1969- The man in the Glass House : Philip Johnson, architect of the modern century. / Mark Lamster. txt Philip Johnson, architect of the modern century. txt 1st edition New York : Little, Brown and Company , 2018. xvii, 508 p. ill. ;photo. ; 24 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Include index Include Bibliography 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. "When Philip Johnson died in 2005 at the age of 98, 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, Johnson made his mark as one of America's leading architects with his famous Glass House in New Caanan, CT, and his controversial AT & T Building in NYC, among many others in nearly every city in the country-but his most natural role was as a consummate power broker and shaper of public opinion. Johnson introduced European modernism-the sleek, glass-and-steel architecture that now dominates our cities-to America, and mentored generations of architects, designers, and artists to follow. He defined the era of "starchitecture" with its flamboyant buildings and celebrity designers who esteemed aesthetics and style above all other concerns. But Johnson was also a man of deep paradoxes: he was a Nazi sympathizer, a designer of synagogues, an enfant terrible into his old age, a populist, and a snob. His clients ranged from the Rockefellers to televangelists to Donald Trump. Award-winning architectural critic and biographer Mark Lamster's THE MAN IN THE GLASS HOUSE lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and endlessly contradictory life to tell the story of a charming yet deeply flawed man. A rollercoaster tale of the perils of wealth, privilege, and ambition, this book probes the dynamics of American culture that made him so powerful, and tells the story of the built environment in modern America."-- The first recipient of the Pritzker Prize and MoMA's founding architectural curator, Philip Johnson made his mark as one of America's leading architects with his famous Glass House in New Caanan, CT, and his controversial AT&T Building in NYC. As a shaper of public opinion and mentor to generations of architects, designers, and artists, he defined the era. But Johnson was also a man of deep paradoxes: a Nazi sympathizer, a designer of synagogues, a populist, and a snob. Lamster lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and contradictory life, and tells the story of the built environment in modern America. -- adapted from publisher info Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005. fast Architects United States Biography. 54076 Biography 62414 AUTOBIOGRAPHY Artists Architects Photographers Architecture Buildings Landmarks & Monuments. bisacsh 54081 History United States 20th Century. bisacsh 111420 Architects 54076 United States 293958 lcc 6 NA737.J6 General L36 2018 1st edition 281617 281617 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2019-05-01 Amazon 21.52 1 General NA737.J6 L36 2018 91000000057794 2020-02-18 00:00:00 2020-02-12 1 31.52 2019-05-01 6