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Gio Ponti in the American west

Title
Gio Ponti in the American west / Taisto H. Mäkelä ; with contributions by, Darrin Alfred, Christoph Heinrich, Salvatore Licitra, Jorge Silvetti.
Author
Mäkelä, Taisto H.
Publication
  • New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa ; Denver, CO : in association with Denver Art Museum, 2020.
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
  • Alfred, Darrin
  • Heinrich, Christoph
  • Licitra, Salvatore
  • Silvetti, Jorge
  • Denver Art Museum, host institution.
Description
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color), portraits, facsimilies; 31 cm
Summary
Opened in 1971, Denver Art Museum's north building, a seven-story structure--with its distinctive cut-out roofline, narrow windows, and an exterior covered with more than a million custom-made glass tiles--was one of the first high-rise art museums. In 2020, after a two-year closure for renovations, the museum is reopening the Ponti building, which will include new architecture and design galleries featuring an exhibition of Ponti-designed objects from the Denver Art Museum and local collections. The book will include both recent and historic photography, including many architectural details, and tell the story of how Gio Ponti, at the end of his long and remarkable career, created an architectural icon in the American West. Dr. Mäkelä, former chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Colorado Denver, will contribute an in-depth illustrated history of the building. Darrin Alfred, DAM Curator of Architecture and Design, will write about Ponti's design work using objects from the DAM collection as examples. Architect Jorge Silvetti will write about his admiration for Ponti's masterpiece from his perspective as one of the architects in charge of the renovations.
Subject
  • Ponti, Gio, 1891-1979 > Exhibitions
  • Ponti, Gio, 1891-1979
  • Denver Art Museum > History
  • Denver Art Museum > Pictorial works
  • Denver Art Museum
  • 1900-1999
  • Design > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Architecture, Modern > Exhibitions
  • Design
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • "Published on the occasion of the reopening of the Denver Art Museum Lanny and Sharon Martin Building and the exhibition 'Gio Ponti : designer of a thousand talents' organized by Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado ... June 6, 2020-December 2021." -- Back page verso.
  • Includes quotations by Ponti and others.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JQG 21-133
ISBN
  • 9780847868964
  • 0847868966
LCCN
2020932810
OCLC
1140701768
Author
Mäkelä, Taisto H., author.
Title
Gio Ponti in the American west / Taisto H. Mäkelä ; with contributions by, Darrin Alfred, Christoph Heinrich, Salvatore Licitra, Jorge Silvetti.
Publisher
New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa ; Denver, CO : in association with Denver Art Museum, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Alfred, Darrin, contributor.
Heinrich, Christoph, contributor.
Licitra, Salvatore, contributor.
Silvetti, Jorge, contributor.
Denver Art Museum, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQG 21-133
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