Angels in the Architecture - A Photographic Elegy to an American Asylum

Thomas Story Kirkbride's asylum designs integrated beauty and nature as a method to treat patients. The Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City, Michigan, was one of the last of nearly 200 such architecturally intriguing asylums. This is a photographic study of this institution's 100-year history.

About the author

Heidi Johnson was a professional photographer whose clients include Michigan Land Use Institute, HOUR Detroit Magazine, Warner Brothers, Best Buy Corporation, and the state of Michigan. She was a former artist-in-residence in photography at Interlochen Arts Academy.

Summary

Thomas Story Kirkbride's asylum designs integrated beauty and nature as a method to treat patients. The Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City, Michigan, was one of the last of nearly 200 such architecturally intriguing asylums. This is a photographic study of this institution's 100-year history.

Product details

• Authors: Heidi Johnson, Heidi/ Tomes Johnson
• Publisher: WAYNE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2004
• EAN: 9780814332122
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-3212-2
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 254 mm x 178 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Great Lakes Books; Great Lake Books Series; Great Lakes Books (Paperback); Great Lakes Books; Great Lakes Books Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture