Broken glass: Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the fight over a modernist masterpiece
"In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend home for her outside of Chicago. Edith was a woman ahead of her time--unmarried, she was a distinguished medical researcher, whose discoveries put her in...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend home for her outside of Chicago. Edith was a woman ahead of her time--unmarried, she was a distinguished medical researcher, whose discoveries put her in contention for the Nobel Prize, as well as an accomplished violinist, translator, and poet. The two quickly began an intimate relationship, spending weekends together, sharing interests in transcendental philosophy, Catholic mysticism, wine-soaked picnics, and architecture. Their collaboration would produce one of the most important works of architecture of all time, a blindingly original house made up almost entirely of glass and steel. But the minimalist marvel, built in 1951, was plagued by cost over-runs and a sudden chilling of the two friends' mutual affection. Though the building became world-famous, Farnsworth found it impossible to live in the transparent house, and she began a public campaign against him, cheered on by Frank Lloyd Wright. Mies, in turn, sued her for unpaid monies. The ensuing trial covered not just the missing funds and the structural weaknesses of the home, but turned into a trial of modernist art and architecture itself. Interweaving personal drama and cultural history, Alex Beam presents a stylish, enthralling tapestry of a tale, illuminating the fascinating history behind one of the twentieth-century's most beautiful and significant architectural projects"-- |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 337 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780399592713 |
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| contents | Prologue: "This is Mies, darling" -- "I give you my Mies van der Rohe" -- "She had a very sharp tongue" -- "Let the outside in" -- "The most important house in the world" -- "Compared to the Farnsworth House, it's just a toy" -- "You go back to your nephritis where you belong" -- "A Virgilian dream" -- "The fear of Mies' implacable intentions" -- "You are a goddam liar" -- "I think the house is perfectly constructed, it is perfectly executed" -- "I feel like a prowling animal, always on the alert" -- "Architects should kiss the feet of Mies van der Rohe" -- "I repeat, magic and poetry!" -- "She then abandoned everything for poetry and Italy" |
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| spelling | Beam, Alex 1954- Verfasser (DE-588)1125382414 aut Broken glass Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the fight over a modernist masterpiece Alex Beam First edition New York Random House [2020] xii, 337 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Prologue: "This is Mies, darling" -- "I give you my Mies van der Rohe" -- "She had a very sharp tongue" -- "Let the outside in" -- "The most important house in the world" -- "Compared to the Farnsworth House, it's just a toy" -- "You go back to your nephritis where you belong" -- "A Virgilian dream" -- "The fear of Mies' implacable intentions" -- "You are a goddam liar" -- "I think the house is perfectly constructed, it is perfectly executed" -- "I feel like a prowling animal, always on the alert" -- "Architects should kiss the feet of Mies van der Rohe" -- "I repeat, magic and poetry!" -- "She then abandoned everything for poetry and Italy" "In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend home for her outside of Chicago. Edith was a woman ahead of her time--unmarried, she was a distinguished medical researcher, whose discoveries put her in contention for the Nobel Prize, as well as an accomplished violinist, translator, and poet. The two quickly began an intimate relationship, spending weekends together, sharing interests in transcendental philosophy, Catholic mysticism, wine-soaked picnics, and architecture. Their collaboration would produce one of the most important works of architecture of all time, a blindingly original house made up almost entirely of glass and steel. But the minimalist marvel, built in 1951, was plagued by cost over-runs and a sudden chilling of the two friends' mutual affection. Though the building became world-famous, Farnsworth found it impossible to live in the transparent house, and she began a public campaign against him, cheered on by Frank Lloyd Wright. Mies, in turn, sued her for unpaid monies. The ensuing trial covered not just the missing funds and the structural weaknesses of the home, but turned into a trial of modernist art and architecture itself. Interweaving personal drama and cultural history, Alex Beam presents a stylish, enthralling tapestry of a tale, illuminating the fascinating history behind one of the twentieth-century's most beautiful and significant architectural projects"-- Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Haus Farnsworth Plano, Ill. (DE-588)4544395-6 gnd rswk-swf Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig / 1886-1969 Farnsworth, Edith Farnsworth House (Plano, Ill.) Architecture and society / United States / History / 20th century ARCHITECTURE / General Architecture and society United States 1900-1999 History Haus Farnsworth Plano, Ill. (DE-588)4544395-6 g Geschichte z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-399-59272-0 |
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