The museum stands near much larger rectangular buildings. What would be the point of such a sharp contrast with boxlike “post-and-beam” structures? What would such a contrast reveal about the nature...

The museum stands near much larger rectangular buildings. What would be the point of such a sharp contrast with boxlike “post-and-beam” structures? What would such a contrast reveal about the nature of art?

The Guggenheim Museum faces Fifth Avenue in New York City. Originally, it was to have been located in Central Park. How much diff erence would that have made to the revelatory qualities of the building?