Listen to the episode HERE on Soundcloud or visit the podcast on iTunes, either through the Podcasts App (just search for “Stuff about Things Art History”) or by clicking HERE. Happy listening!
Recommended Sources & Links:
Campbell, Tracy. The Gateway Arch: A Biography . New Haven: Yale University, 2013. Moore, Jr., Robert, ed. The Gateway Arch: An Architectural Dream . St. Louis: The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 2005. Harris, NiNi. Historic Pictures of the Gateway Arch . Nashville: Turner Publishers, 2005. McElroy, Paul Simpson. The story of the Gateway Arch . St. Louis: B. Herder Book Company, 1968. Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa and Donald Albrecht, eds. Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future . New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Mehrhoff, Arthur. The Gateway Arch: Fact and Symbol . Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1992. National Park Services official site for the Gateway Arch National Park
Official website of the Gateway Arch“8 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Gateway Arch” from Architectural Digest PBS Documentary – Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
Images:
The Gateway Arch on the St. Louis skyline, viewed from Illinois [Image credit: Archives.gov] The Gateway Arch at sunset [Image credit: NPS] St. Louis riverfront pre-demolition [Image credit: Congress for the New Urbanism] St. Louis riverfront post-demolition [Image credit: JNEM Archives via Wikipedia Commons] Eero Saarinen with a model of the Gateway Arch, ca. 1957 [Image credit: Archinect, via Yale University Archives] GIF of Arch’s construction from February 29, 1965 – October 28, 1965 [Image credit: NPS] Tracks of the Creeper Derricks on the exterior of one of the Arch’s legs [Image credit: Riverfront Times] The Creeper Derricks creepin’ up the Arch’s legs [Image credit: NPR] Steel strut put into place to join (an thus support) the two legs on June 17th, 1965 [Image credit: NPR]
The final (cornerstone) piece being prepared for placement [Image credit: NPR] Diagram of “double-walled” composite structure [Image credit: St. Louis Post Dispatch] Internal tram system [Image credit: Gateway Arch]
Interior of tram pod [Image credit: Gateway Arch] Base of the Arch [Image credit: NPS] Gateway Arch National Park [Image credit: Gateway Arch Twitter]
View of the Arch from Busch Stadium (Image credit: L. Sheedy)
Gus Images:
Original: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party , 1880-81, oil painting, in the Phillips Collection Original: Andrea Mantegna, oculus of the Camera degli Sposi in the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua
Original: Antonello da Messina, St. Jerome in His Study , ca. 1475, oil on lime, in the collection of the National Gallery in London, UK
Until next time,
-Lindsay
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Hi Lindsay,
Loving the podcast. I’m in the United Kingdom, so I knew very little about the background of the arch in St Louis, I feel I must visit the monument at some point. I love your style and the content.
Looking forward to the next podcast.
Thanks
Hugo
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