Museum Architecture: Panoramic Views of America'S Great Museums
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Museum Architecture: Panoramic Views of America'S Great Museums
By (Author) Tom Schiff
By (author) Nina Rappaport
Rizzoli International Publications
Rizzoli International Publications
29th October 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings
Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc
727.60973
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 315mm, Height 185mm
Description
In sweeping tableaux, photographer Tom Schiff presents America s most important art museums, using breathtaking images that compel us to revisit historic and modern cultural institutions and their storied rooms in a genuinely new light. Schiff skillfully combines his love of photography and architecture to profile museums of all sizes and stripes from across the country, from the most stately institutions to newer cutting-edge buildings and building additions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, among others. Museum Architecture and Schiff s fresh, dynamic photographs are sure to appeal to architecture, museum, and art lovers alike.
Author Bio
Tom Schiff is a photographer and founder of FotoFocus, a nonprofit arts organization that champions the ubiquity of photography and its important role in contemporary culture. Nina Rappaport is an architectural critic, curator, and educator.
