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Fran Herndon (c. 1926 – May 24, 2020) was an American artist associated with the central poets of the San Francisco Renaissance.Trained at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) in print-making and painting, Herndon is known for her lithographs and collages, many of which were produced in tandem with Jack Spicer's poetry, and intended for joint viewing and ...
Poet Be Like God: Jack Spicer and the San Francisco Renaissance, (Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 1998). French, Warren G. "The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance 1955-1960" (Twayne, 1991). ISBN 0-8057-7621-4; Davidson, Michael. The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetics and Community at Mid-Century, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989).
The Renaissance Center, commonly known as the RenCen, is a complex of seven connected skyscrapers in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Renaissance Center complex is on the Detroit International Riverfront and is owned and used by General Motors as its world headquarters. The central tower has been the tallest building in Michigan ...
This is a list of notable people from the San Francisco Art Institute (1871–2022); [1] which was formerly known as the California School of Design (1871–1915, or CSD), and California School of Fine Arts (1916–1960, or CSFA). It was also sometimes referred to as the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (c. 1893–1906), for a building the school ...
Icons of San Francisco architecture include the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, Coit Tower, the Palace of Fine Arts, Lombard Street, Alamo Square, Fort Point, the Transamerica Pyramid, and Chinatown. [4] Included below are summaries of the historical significance of some of these great San Franciscan architectural achievements.
Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth (December 22, 1905 – June 6, 1982 [1]) was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement. [2][3] Although he did not consider himself to be a Beat poet, and disliked the association, he was ...
One of Lawrence's world-renowned photographs is of the ruins of San Francisco, California after the 1906 earthquake. It is a 160-degree panorama from a kite taken 2000 feet (600 m) in the air above the San Francisco Bay that showed the entire city on a single 17-by-48-inch contact print made from a single piece of film. Each print sold for $125 ...
December 5, 2005. Designated SFDL. 1977 [2] The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental structure located in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition to exhibit works of art. It was constructed from concrete and steel, and the building was claimed to be fireproof. [3]