Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic spiral ramp identifies the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. It has been a while since I had visited, and I was again struck by just how well Mr. Wright had achieved this open space. This is something that I have really notiitced as I have had the chance to see more and more buildings try to match eye, and fall short.
A visit to the Desert View Watchtower on the eastern portion of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Constructed in the 1930s, it offers magnificent canyon views and a tie to the Native American history of the Canyon.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
DrFumblefinger shares photos of the Fitz Roy Massif, one of the most famous and difficult to climb peaks in the world, situated in Patagonia.
TravelGumbo revisits Jonathan L’s trip to the Columbia River and the old cannery town of Astoria, Oregon
Jonathan L explored some of the local culture of small town Portugal in Ferreira do Zêzere.
Jonathan L took advantage of atmospheric weather for some striking pictures
Mr. Wright was a genius. A beautiful use of space, nicely illustrated, Jonathan. This is actually one of those places I’ve yet to visit and hope to some day.
I’m not a big fan of the Guggenheim’s collection, but i do love the building, and wonder why it hasn’t become the template for many others. Quite aside from its own beauty, it seems one of the best ways to display art.
I’m often frustrated in museums by a labyrinth of rooms, not always well laid out, that keep me from back-tracking to reconsider a painting I’d passed in light of ones I saw further on. The spiral solves that brilliantly.
In 1962, my uncle, a painter, took me there to see an exhibit of Philip Guston’s work; organized along the spiral I could follow his descent (my view) from social realism to expressionism…and could see how the change began and grew. The open gallery along the walls of the spiral let us move back and forth, comparing, and learning much more than I could have otherwise.