Main entry:

Volner, Ian, author.

Title & Author:

Philip Johnson : a visual biography / [author, Ian Volner].

Publication:

London : Phaidon Press Limited ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press Inc., 2020.
©2020

Description:

399 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Statement of responsibility from page 399.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-387) and index.
Son -- Traveler -- Modernist -- Politician -- Architect -- Sociality -- Transformer -- Collector -- Postmodernist -- Icon.
Dust jacket.
Includes reproductions of CCA Collection material. CCA and staff mentioned in acknowledgments.

Summary:

With his elegant suits and trademark round black glasses, Philip Johnson - a witty, wealthy, and well-connected architect - was for many years the most powerful figure in the society and politics of his profession. This impressively illustrated book traces his seven decades of larger-than-life influence, innovation, and controversy in the realm of architecture and beyond. Hundreds of images and documents, many published here for the first time, trace the remarkable life and career of a true legend. The book draws on The Philip Johnson Papers at the Museum of Modern Art and the Getty Research Institute, which have provided unprecedented access to clippings, unpublished statements, speeches, reviews, and commentaries on Johnson's architectural projects and photographs, together with his wide-ranging correspondence.

ISBN:

9780714876825 (hardback)
0714876828 (hardback)

Subject:

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 Catalogs.
Johnson, Philip, Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, Philip,
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005
Architects United States Biography.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Catalogs.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architecture 20e siècle Catalogues.
Architecture, Modern Catalogs. 20th century.
Architecture, Modern
Architects
United States.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection
Centre canadien d'architecture Mentions, acknowledgments, etc.

Form/genre:

Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Catalogs

Added entries:

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005, architect.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309156
Call No.: BIB 254440
Status: Available