Whitford, Frank
A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
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Whitford, Frank (1941– ). British writer, teacher, and broadcaster, born in Bishopstoke, Hampshire. He studied at Wadham College, Oxford, the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and the Freie Universität, West Berlin. For several years he worked as a cartoonist for the
Sunday Mirror and the London
Evening Standard, then from 1970 taught at various institutions, including the Slade School and the Royal College of Art. His books (mainly on German and Austrian art) include
Expressionism (1970),
Japanese Prints and Western Painters (1977),
Bauhaus (1984), and monographs on
Kandinsky (1971),
Schiele (1981), and
Klimt (1990 and 1993). They combine high scholarly standards with an accessible style. Whitford has also helped to organize several exhibitions, has written for various journals and newspapers, particularly the
Sunday Times, and has appeared in radio and television programmes about art, including the Channel 4 quiz show
Gallery, in which Maggi
Hambling and
George Melly were other regulars.
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The ziggurat snakes its way to the sky.
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When past meets present.(THEN AND NOW)(Ziggurat)(Brief article)
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ziggurat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Skyscrapers
Book article from: American Decades
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Pyramids
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
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Babylonian architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...stepped or triangular battlements . Staged towers, known as ziggurats , and resembling a pile of diminishing square platforms...associated with temples: an impressive example was the enormous ziggurat at Ur (C22 BC), with huge staircases giving access to the...
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