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ARTHIST 275: Modern Architecture (Main)

Myriad ideas and characters contributed to the built environment of the Modernist era, here defined as the period immediately following the Industrial Revolution through WWII (1880-1945). Through the study of selected works of architecture and urban desig

Web Sites

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High Museum of Art / Richard Meier with Renzo Piano expansion
Noguchi Playscape / Isamu Noguchi
Atlanta-Fulton County Library / Marcel Breuer
Hyatt Regency Atlanta / John Portman
Periscope / Matter Design Studio
Cannon Chapel / Paul Rudolph
Michael C Carlos Museum / Michael Graves
Federal Reserve Bank Atlanta / Robert A.M. Stern
Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center Building / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
191 Peachtree Tower / Philip Johnson
Fox Theater / Olivier Vinour of Marye, Alger and Vinour
Americas Mart Atlanta / John Portman
Whitespace / BLDGS

Ansley Park Historic District
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments
Atlanta City Hall
Atlanta University Center
Brookwood Hills Historic District
Callanwolde
Castleberry Hill Historic District
Central Presbyterian Church
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Crescent Apartments/ Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
Druid Hills Historic District
Emory University
Fairlie-Poplar Historic District
Fort McPherson
Fox Theater
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia State Capitol
Georgian Terrace Hotel (Fox Theater Historic District)
Grant Park Historic District
Herndon Home
Inman Park and Inman Park-Moreland Historic Districts
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Oakland Cemetery
Martin Luther King Jr., National Historic Site
Piedmont Park
Rhodes Memorial Hall
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mark Methodist Church
Stone Hall, Atlanta University
Swan House
Sweet Auburn Historic District
The Temple
Tullie Smith House
Underground Atlanta
William P. Nicholson House

Vocabulary & Thesaurii

Built Works Registry (BWR) provides global IDs for architecture and the built environment

The Getty Institute's Getty Vocabulary Program has created databases and thesuari to help find information on artists, fine art terms, and geographic locations.

The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)

The ULAN is a structured vocabulary containing around 120,000 records, including 293,000 names and biographical and bibliographic information about artists and architects, including a wealth of variant names, pseudonyms, and language variants.

The Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)

The AAT is a structured vocabulary of around 34,000 concepts, including 131,000 terms, descriptions, bibliographic citations, and other information relating to fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture.

The Getty Thesuarus of Geographic Names (TGN)
The TGN is a structured vocabulary containing around 912,000 records, including 1.1 million names, place types, coordinates, and descriptive notes, focusing on places important for the study of art and architecture.