COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
193981
imageid
193981
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
partialView
imagetitletype
partialView
Type of View
false
View Title:
Pergola winding through site, which would have been in front of Rodia's house (empty pad in foreground)
imagetitle
Pergola winding through site, which would have been in front of Rodia's house (empty pad in foreground)
View Title
false
Date of View:
12/29/2012
imagedate
12/29/2012
Date of View
false
Image description:
Rodia's bungalow inside the enclosure was burned down when he left in 1955.
imagedescription
Rodia's bungalow inside the enclosure was burned down when he left in 1955.
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module EIGHT
collection
Addition Module EIGHT
Collection
false
Culture:
American
culture
American
Culture
false
Subject:
Restoration and conservation
subject
Restoration and conservation
Subject
false
Work Types:
built works; towers (single built works)
worktypes
built works; towers (single built works)
Work Types
false
Preferred Title:
Watts Towers
worktitle
Watts Towers
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
Simon Rodia (American builder, 1879-1965)
workagentdisplay
Simon Rodia (American builder, 1879-1965)
Agent Display
false
Date:
1921-1954 (creation)
workdatedisplay
1921-1954 (creation)
Date
false
Materials:
steel rebar; concrete; wire mesh; found objects
workmaterialdisplay
steel rebar; concrete; wire mesh; found objects
Materials
false
Technique:
metalworking
worktechniquedisplay
metalworking
Technique
false
Measurement:
99.5 ft (height, tallest tower)
measurementdisplay
99.5 ft (height, tallest tower)
Measurement
false
Alternate Title:
Towers of Simon Rodia
titletext
Towers of Simon Rodia
Alternate Title
false
Locations:
Los Angeles, California, United States
locations
Los Angeles, California, United States
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Style/Period:
Twentieth century
styleperiod
Twentieth century
Style/Period
false
Style/Period:
naive art
styleperiod
naive art
Style/Period
false
Classification:
Sculpture
classificationterm
Sculpture
Classification
false
Classification:
Architecture
classificationterm
Architecture
Classification
false