Guggenheim
Wright's spiral museum
Guggenheim refers to the family of American industrialists and philanthropists whose wealth funded major cultural institutions.
Most commonly, it denotes one of the Guggenheim museums—especially the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum in New York, Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral building: We spent the afternoon at the Guggenheim.
A Guggenheim Fellowship is a prestigious grant for scholars and artists.
NYC's densest borough
- BilbaoBasque Country's main city
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
spiral · ramp · atrium · gallery · exhibition · collection · admission · membership
Peaceable Hebrew name
- PeggyNickname from Margaret
- MeyerGermanic steward surname
- BenjaminHebrew-origin masculine name
- miningExtracting earth's resources
smelting · fortune · dynasty · patron · collector · philanthropist · benefactor · heiress
Curve winding around center
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
- titaniumElement twenty-two
- curvilinearCharacterized by curved lines
- cantileverBeam supported one end
skylight · atrium · facade · iconic · futuristic · geometric · asymmetry · sculptural
Bauhaus painting instructor
- PicassoSpanish cubism co-founder
- MondrianDutch abstract grid artist
- PollockSurname of drip painter
- CalderMobile art originator
Chagall · Giacometti · contemporary · impressionism · postimpressionism · surrealism · abstract · sculpture
Bestow or award money
- awardHonor given for merit
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- scholarLearned, studious person
- artistMaker of creative works
fellow · recipient · application · humanities · sciences · creativity · merit · distinguished
Manhattan
NYC's densest borough
rotunda · spiral · ramp · atrium · gallery · exhibition · collection · admission · membership · docent
Solomon
Peaceable Hebrew name
mining · smelting · fortune · dynasty · patron · collector · philanthropist · benefactor · heiress · bohemian
spiral
Curve winding around center
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
- titaniumElement twenty-two
- curvilinearCharacterized by curved lines
cantilever · skylight · atrium · facade · iconic · futuristic · geometric · asymmetry · sculptural · landmark
Kandinsky
Bauhaus painting instructor
Chagall · Calder · Giacometti · contemporary · impressionism · postimpressionism · surrealism · abstract · sculpture · painting
grant
Bestow or award money
- awardHonor given for merit
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- scholarLearned, studious person
artist · fellow · recipient · application · humanities · sciences · creativity · merit · distinguished · stipend
- American Architecturecolonial, Craftsman, bungalow, ranch house, Cape Cod
- art worldartist, painter, painting, paintings, sculpture
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
- Art DestinationsMoMA, Tate Modern, Rijksmuseum, Florence, Paris
- art galleriesart gallery, gallery walls, gallery show, exhibition hall, gallery walk
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
GuggenheimUffizi Gallery
Florentine art museum
Louvre · National Gallery · Prado · Uffizi · Hermitage
- Guggenheim MuseumSpiral-shaped New York gallery