1. The Mirror and the Frame.
- Author
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NUTE, KEVIN
- Subjects
AMERICAN architects ,JAPANESE landscape painting ,CHINESE landscape painting ,JAPANESE landscape prints ,MODERN movement (Architecture) ,DOMESTIC architecture ,ARCHITECTURAL design ,LANDSCAPE painters ,BIOGRAPHY (Literary form) - Abstract
The article discusses the career and works of U.S. Modernist architect and conservationist John Yeon, focusing on elements of his architectural design that were highly influenced by Chinese and Japanese landscape art and architecture. The author describes an exhibition of Chinese and Japanese landscape paintings organized by Yeon at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. Photographic images of various houses designed by Yeon are provided, such as the Aubrey Watzek House in Portland, along with images of various landscape paintings, such as "Kisho Gorge in New Snow," by Utagawa Hiroshige.
- Published
- 2010