The man in the glass house [electronic resource] : Philip Johnson, architect of the modern century / Mark Lamster.

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 ar...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Lamster, Mark, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Little Brown & Company, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; Prologue; Chapter 1: The Master's Joy; Chapter 2: From Saul to Paul; Chapter 3: A Man of Style; Chapter 4: Show Time; Chapter 5: The Maestro; Chapter 6: The Gold Dust Twins; Chapter 7: An American Führer; Chapter 8: Pops; Chapter 9: A New New Beginning; Chapter 10: An Apostate at Worship; Chapter 11: Crutches; Chapter 12: Cocktails on the Terrace; Chapter 13: Third City; Chapter 14: Towers and Power; Chapter 15: The Head of the Circle; Chapter 16: Things Fall Apart; Chapter 17: The Irresistible Allure of the Fantastic.
  • EpilogueAcknowledgments; About the Author; Also by Mark Lamster; Notes; Newsletters.