Light in nature : North Carolina Museum of Art, Fishers Island House.
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| Author / Creator: | Frances, Scott, 1958- |
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| Imprint: | Pt Reyes, Calif. : ORO Editions, c2011. |
| Description: | [112] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8682674 |
| Summary: | Inside the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), the light of day and lush surrounding fields have a presence unusual in institutional galleries for art. Overhead, hundreds of elliptical oculi in long parallel vaults bathe the museum interior in even, full-spectrum daylight, modulated by layers that filter out damaging rays. In this gently luminous setting, against pure white walls, the art--including a masterful Giotto altarpiece--takes on heightened immediacy and vividness. A departure from traditional hierarchies, the museum is, in some respects, a single 65,000-square-foot room. Within this spatial continuum, a succession of wall planes, many freestanding without reaching the ceiling, delineate separate galleries. Instead of fully enclosed rooms, each gallery has at least one open corner, inviting fluid movement. |
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| Item Description: | Photography by Scott Frances and Iwan Baan. Essay by Raymund Ryan. |
| Physical Description: | [112] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781935935094 1935935097 |