Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture

ISBN-13: 9780471857976 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 464 str.

Robert C. Twombly;Goold

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A paperback version of a biography of one of America's most important cultural figures. Twombly analyzes Wright's work by type, category and individual structure. He traces Wright's struggle to develop a new artistic statement, and examines his dramatic personal life, including his several marriages, affairs and frequent scandals. 150 illustrations are featured, along with photographs, floor plans and drawings, plus many photographs from the author's and Wright's son's personal collection. In addition, extensive footnotes and a bibliography of Wright's published works are presented.

Spis treści

Nearly Everything to Learn 1867–1893.

The Art and Craft of Success 1893–1901.

A Radically Different Conception 19O1–1909.

Thinking and Working Along Original Lines 1901–1909.

Affinity Tangle 1907–1912.

Spiritual Hegira 1910–1914.

A Regular Life Is Cunningly Ambushed 1914–1932.

Little Experiment Stations in Out of the Way Places 1932–1938.

Usonia: Shelter in the Open 1936–1947.

Characteristically Modest Projects 1936–1945.

Organic Architecture 1930–1959.

The Boldest Buildings of His Career 1946–1959.

A Giant Tree in a Wide Landscape 1946–1959.

How Do You Speak to a Divinity?

After 1959.

Appendix.

Bibliography.

Index.