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Editorial
A Frick renaissance
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 203–4
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Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Frick, Henry Clay
museums and institutions:
Frick Collection, New York, United States
subjects:
Remodelling (buildings) / Historic buildings / Art museums / American architecture (United States of America) / Collections / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Frick Collection from East 70th Street, New York. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
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2. The Frick Collection’s grand staircase, prior to renovation. (Photograph MichaelBodycomb).
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3. The Frick Collection’s new entrance hall. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
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4. Mistress and maid, by Johannes Vermeer. 1666–67. Oil on canvas, 90.2 by 78.7 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
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5. Portrait of Mr Frick in West Gallery, by Gerald Kelly. 1925. Oil on canvas, 122 by 102 cm. (The Frick Pittsburgh).
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6. The Frick Collection’s new objects conservation studio. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
Book Review
Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 759–80
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Reviewer:
Campbell, James (Campbell, James)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
patrons:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
subjects:
Book collecting / Libraries / American architecture (United States of America)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise By Colin B. Bailey, Daria Rose Foner, Barry Bergdoll, Andrew Dolkart, Christine Nelson and Brian Regan. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Scala Arts and the Morgan Library and Museum, New York), £34. ISBN 978–1– 78551–399–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Façade of the Morgan Library and Museum, designed by Charles McKim. Completed 1906.
Book Review
The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 825
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Reviewer:
Gray, Jennifer (Gray, Jennifer)
Subjects
artists:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
buildings:
Oak Park Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, United States
subjects:
American architecture (United States of America)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright By Lisa D. Schrenk. 336 pp. incl. 179 b. & w. ills. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2021), $35. ISBN 978–0–226–31894–3. | :
Book Review
The Newport Experience: Sustaining Historic Preservation into the 21st Century
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 732
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Reviewer:
Aldrich, Megan (Aldrich, Megan)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Newport Preservation Society, Rhode Island, United States
subjects:
American architecture (United States of America) / Historic preservation
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Newport Experience: Sustaining Historic Preservation into the 21st Century By Jeannine Falino. 162 pp. incl. 196 col. + b. & w. ills. (Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport RI, with Scala Arts Publishers, New York and London, 2020), £45. ISBN 978–1–78551–202–5. | :
Exhibition Review
Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1192-1195
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Reviewer:
Eisenschmidt, Alexander (Eisenschmidt, Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Sullivan, Louis H. / Wright, Frank Lloyd
buildings:
Garrick Theater, Chicago, United States / Larkin Administration Building, Chicago, United States
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Wrightwood 659, Chicago, United States
subjects:
American architecture (United States of America)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright Wrightwood 659 24th September–18th December | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Installation view of ‘Reconstructing the Garrick’, part of Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright at Wrightwood 659, Chicago, 2021. (Photograph the author).
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25. The stage of the Garrick Theater, Chicago, photographed in 1962 during demolition. (Photograph by Richard Nickel; © Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
of ‘Reconstructing the Garrick’, part of Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright at Wrightwood 659, Chicago, 2021. (Photograph the author).
Book Review
Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 549-550
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Reviewer:
Minosh, Peter (Minosh, Peter)
Subjects
patrons:
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
subjects:
American architecture (United States of America) / Palladianism / Liberty / Slavery
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals Edited by Lloyd DeWitt and Corey Piper. 208 pp. incl. 88 col. + 86 b. & w. ills (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019),  35. ISBN 978–0–300–24620–9. | :
Publication Received
Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Exhibitions. By Kathryn Smith
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 615
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Reviewer:
De Long, David G. (De Long, David G.)
Subjects
artists:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
dates:
1900-1999
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural models / Photographs
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
places:
United States
subjects:
American architecture (United States of America) / Exhibitions / Critical Reception
Publication Received
Origins, Invention, Revision: Studying the History of Art and Architecture. By James S. Ackerman
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 524-525
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Reviewer:
Draper, Peter (Draper, Peter)
Subjects
art literature:
Ackerman, James S. / Vasari, Giorgio / Cennini, Cennino di Drea
artists:
Michelangelo / Palladio, Andrea / Gehry, Frank
dates:
1950-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Drawings / Sketches
places:
France / Italy / United States
subjects:
Italian architecture / American architecture (United States of America) / Essays / Autobiographies / Architectural historians / Architectural history
Book Review
George Hadfield: Architect of the Federal City. By Julia King
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 403
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Hadfield, George
dates:
1770-1779 / 1780-1829
subjects:
British architecture / American architecture (United States of America) / Neo-classicism / Biographies / Commissions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. The Van Ness Mausoleum, designed by George Hadfield. Oak Hill Cemetery, Washingto DC. 1825-26 (Photograph Library of Congress, Washington)
Book Review
The High Line, James Corner Field ­Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 044
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Reviewer:
Worpole, Ken (Worpole, Ken)
Subjects
artists:
James Corner Field Operations / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
places:
New York
subjects:
Parks / Landscape (environment) / Landscape architecture / American architecture (United States of America) / American (United States of America)
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