- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- High Museum of Art
- Date of Original:
- 2005/2008
- Subject:
- Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Museums--Georgia--Atlanta
Museum buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
High Museum of Art
Art museums--Georgia--Atlanta
Sculpture--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture, Modern
Art, Modern - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Three new buildings, including the Anne Cox Chambers Wing (left) and Wieland Pavilion (back right), were added to the High Museum's main building (front right) in 2005. Art in the foreground is a fabrication of Roy Lichtenstein's House III (1997) and a cast of Auguste Rodin's The Shade (circa 1880).
Photograph of the exterior of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. Three new buildings, including the Anne Cox Chambers Wing (left) and Wieland Pavilion (back right), were added to the High Museum's main building (front right) in 2005. The two additions to the contemporary white structure were designed by acclaimed architect Renzo Piano, and the original building was designed by Richard Meier. The Anne Cox Chambers Wing in clad in tall, narrow panels, suggesting the appearance of a picket fence. The two wings on the left are paneled in large porcelain-enameled steel squares. Art in the foreground is a fabrication of Roy Lichtenstein's House III (1997) and a cast of Auguste Rodin's The Shade (circa 1880). - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/high-museum-of-art/m-9778/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Jonathan Hillyer
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/high-museum-art
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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