Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13 LocalCollection Archivision Base to Module 13 Collection
Preferred Title:
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Work_PrefTitle Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Preferred Title
Image View:
View of area which leads to sunken area, depicting half crescent window in corner Image_Title View of area which leads to sunken area, depicting half crescent window in corner Image View
Creator:
Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959) Agent_Display Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959) Creator
Location:
site: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States Work_Location_Type_D isplay site: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States Location
Location Note:
9400 West Congress Street Work_LocationNotes 9400 West Congress Street Location Note
GPS:
43.098770-88.0298998 GPS 43.098770-88.0298998 GPS
Date:
1956-1961 (creation) Work_DateDisplay 1956-1961 (creation) Date
Cultural Context:
American Work_Culture American Cultural Context
Style Period:
Modernist; Modern; Twentieth century Work_StylePeriodDisp lay Modernist; Modern; Twentieth century Style Period
Work Type 1:
church Work_Worktype1 church Work Type 1
Classification:
architecture Work_Classification architecture Classification
Material:
concrete Work_MaterialDisplay concrete Material
Technique:
construction (assembling) Work_Technique construction (assembling) Technique
Measurements:
106 ft (diameter, dome) Work_MeasurementDisp lay 106 ft (diameter, dome) Measurements
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; religious; window Work_Image_SubjectDi splay architectural exteriors; religious; window Subjects
Description:
"This church designed for the Greek orthodox congregation in the suburbs of Milwaukee was one of Wright's last commissions. In the last few years of his life he completed almost seventy works, several of which illustrate his interest in the circular form. (See, for example his Guggenheim Museum in New York City.) Wright died, however, in 1959 before the ground breaking of the church. Wright's circular design uses two important elements from Greek Orthodox churches, the dome and the Greek cross. The shallow concrete dome (106 feet in diameter) is superimposed on a floor plan in the shape of a Greek cross; the Greek cross inscribed within a circle is a key design element in the details of the church as well." (Source: Digital Imaging Project, Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University; http://www.bluffton. edu/~sullivanm/) Work_Description_Sou rce "This church designed for the Greek orthodox congregation in the suburbs of Milwaukee was one of Wright's last commissions. In the last few years of his life he completed almost seventy works, several of which illustrate his interest in the circular form. (See, for example his Guggenheim Museum in New York City.) Wright died, however, in 1959 before the ground breaking of the church. Wright's circular design uses two important elements from Greek Orthodox churches, the dome and the Greek cross. The shallow concrete dome (106 feet in diameter) is superimposed on a floor plan in the shape of a Greek cross; the Greek cross inscribed within a circle is a key design element in the details of the church as well." (Source: Digital Imaging Project, Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University; http://www.bluffton. edu/~sullivanm/) Description
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three LocalCollection Archivision Addition Module Three Collection
Identifier:
1A1-WFL-GO-D1 Image_OriginalVendor ID 1A1-WFL-GO-D1 Identifier
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Image_Rights © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Rights

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