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Eero Saarinen: Buildings from the Balthazar Korab Archive (Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks in Architectur)

by David G. De Long

Eero Saarinen: Buildings from the Balthazar Korab Archive (Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks in Architectur) Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

'Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are threatened" ( New York Times Book Review), was Patricia Highsmith's favorite creation. In The Boy Who Followed Ripley(1980), Highsmith explores Ripley's bizarrely paternal relationship with a troubled young runaway, whose abduction draws them into Berlin's seamy underworld. More than any other American literary character, Ripley provides "a lens to peer into the sinister machinations of human behavior" (John Freeman, Pittsburgh Gazette).'

Review:

A sense of why Saarinen stood apart from his peers can be gathered...with striking images that...leap off the page.

Review:

You're in for a proper education about the architect's expressive talent...the Modernist master's fluid architecture is nothing if not poetic.

Review:

[A]n insider's view of Saarinen's work and needs to be in any serious architectural library.

Review:

The book'in image after stunning image becomes a tribute to the work of both men.

Synopsis:

A timely portrait of the work of an architect who expanded the vocabulary of modern architecture.

Synopsis:

'"Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing."'"Frank Rich n

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About the Author

' Patricia Highsmith, who died in Switzerland in 1995, wrote more than thirty novels, including Strangers on a Train and The Price of Salt, as well as numerous short stories.'
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393732238
Subtitle:
Buildings from the Balthazar Korab Archive [With DVD ROM]
Author:
De Long, David G.
Editor:
De Long, David G.
Editor:
Peatross, C. Ford
Author:
Highsmith, Patricia
Author:
De Long, David G.
Author:
Peatross, C. F.
Author:
David G. De Long
Author:
Peatross, C. Ford
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
Individual Architect
Subject:
Saarinen, Eero
Subject:
Modern movement (Architecture)
Subject:
Individual Architects & Firms - General
Subject:
Thrillers
Subject:
Photograph collections
Subject:
Themes, motives
Subject:
Saarinen, Eero - Themes, motives
Copyright:
2008
Series:
Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks in Architecture, Design and Engineering
Publication Date:
June 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
11 x 9 in
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