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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1896-1909 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorMackintosh, Charles Rennieen_US
dc.creatorMacdonald, Margareten_US
dc.date1896-1909en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-16T15:50:53Z
dc.date.available2013-01-16T15:50:53Z
dc.date.issued1896-1909en_US
dc.identifier184783en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1930en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/92008
dc.descriptionEast elevation, showing the bay window at the base of the tower, close side view looking up at the east entry; In 1895 a limited competition had been announced for the design of a building to house the Glasgow School of Art. Although the entries from nominated Glasgow firms were submitted anonymously, the authorship of Mackintosh’s proposals could not have been mistaken. As the cost limit would not pay for the entire building, it had been decided to proceed with the construction in two phases. The first stage, begun in 1896, was the eastern half to just beyond the entrance; this was followed ten years later by the western portion. The Glasgow School of Art therefore demonstrates Mackintosh’s organic planning whereby within a fixed frame elements are synthesized in response to changing design criteria. A good example is the introduction of the celebrated ‘hen-run’, a glazed corridor linking the eastern and western sections at second-floor level. The school’s site, a steep bluff falling from north to south, gives a huge increase in height between the entrance elevation on the north and the rear elevation to the south . The difference is not just one of scale because each façade, being the revelation of inner functions, has an individual identity. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 5/17/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumwood; cast iron; stuccoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectArtists' studiosen_US
dc.subjectart schoolen_US
dc.subjectcontinuously glazed windowsen_US
dc.subjectScottish Baronial influenceen_US
dc.subjectArts and Crafts (movement)en_US
dc.subjectArt Nouveauen_US
dc.subjectGlasgow styleen_US
dc.titleGlasgow School of Arten_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-MCR-GS-1-F24en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeschool (building)en_US
dc.contributor.displayCharles Rennie Mackintosh (British architect, 1868-1928); Margaret Macdonald (British interior designer, 1865-1933)en_US


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