- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- High Museum of Art
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Museums--Georgia--Atlanta
Museum buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
High Museum of Art
Art museums--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture, Modern - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The High Museum of Art, located on Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta, houses a permanent collection of more than 11,000 pieces, including nineteenth- and twentieth-century American collections, folk art, and African art. Its current building, designed in 1983 by Richard Meier, has received awards and honors for its architectural excellence.
Photograph of the exterior of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. The modern structure is clad in large white porcelain-enameled steel squares. Angular sections with clean lines stand on either side of the center curved facade, which is paneled with floor-to-ceiling windows. A curved lobby with a ribbon window sits on the right side of the curved center section. The main section of the current building was designed in 1983 by Richard Meier. Key features of Meier's design include such strong architectural elements as the soaring atrium; an emphasis on modernist planes, curves, and lines; and galleries within galleries. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/modern-and-postmodern-architecture-overview/m-9780/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of High Museum of Art
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- 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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