Dream house : an intimate portrait of the Philip Johnson Glass House / Adele Tutter.

Main entry:

Tutter, Adele, author.

Title & Author:

Dream house : an intimate portrait of the Philip Johnson Glass House / Adele Tutter.

Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2016.

Description:

xiii, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: A landscape of the self -- A portrait and a dream -- Mies and Louise -- The path of Phocion -- The glass house of Atreus -- The wanderer -- Chronology of the Philip Johnson Glass House.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Dream house: an intimate portrait of the Philip Johnson Glass House reveals how this superficially nonrepresentational physical structure encodes aspects of its architect's aspirations, motivations, and conflicts-how it acts as a veritable self-portrait of his inner world."

ISBN:

9780813938271 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0813938279 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 Homes and haunts Connecticut New Canaan.
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 Psychology.
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005.
Johnson, Philip 1906-2005
Glass House (New Canaan, Conn.)
Buildings.
Homes.
Psychology.
Glasbau
New Canaan (Conn.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Connecticut New Canaan.
Glass House

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293075
Call No.: BIB 237699
Status: Available

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