wyszukanych pozycji: 8
The Fountainheads: Wright, Rand, the FBI and Hollywood
ISBN: 9780786466146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Speculation abounds about the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Ayn Rand. Was Wright the inspiration for Howard Roark, the architect hero of Rand's The Fountainhead? What can be made of their collaboration on the book's failed 1944 movie adaptation, and what can be gleaned from the 1949 Hollywood production of The Fountainhead? Where does the FBI--Wright was dubbed a communist sympathizer, and Rand was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee--fit into the story?
Speculation abounds about the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Ayn Rand. Was Wright the inspiration for Howard Roark, the architect hero of...
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189,45 zł |
Makers of 20th-Century Modern Architecture: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook
ISBN: 9781884964930 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 510 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This text provides a reference for the scholar, student, architect or general reader interested in the architects who initiated, developed or advanced modern architecture. It features prominent and influential people in 20th-century modernist architecture, including Wright, Eisenman, Mies van der Rohe and Kahn. It describes the milieu in which they practised their art, and directs readers to information on the life and creative activities of these founding architects and their disciples. The profiles of individual architects include critical analysis of their major buildings and projects.
This text provides a reference for the scholar, student, architect or general reader interested in the architects who initiated, developed or advanced...
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787,03 zł |
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Years: Progressivism: Aesthetics: Cities
ISBN: 9781472458025 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Years: Progressivism: Aesthetics: Cities examines Wright's belief that all aspects of human life must embrace and celebrate an aesthetic experience that would thereby lead to necessary social reforms. Inherent in the theory was a belief that reform of nineteenth-century gluttony should include a contemporary interpretation of its material presence, its bulk and space, its architectural landscape. This book analyzes Wright's innovative, profound theory of architecture that drew upon geometry and notions of pure design and the indigenous as put... Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Years: Progressivism: Aesthetics: Cities examines Wright's belief that all aspects of human life must embrac... |
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787,03 zł |
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Years: Progressivism: Aesthetics: Cities
ISBN: 9781138601628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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230,81 zł |
On Frank Lloyd Wright's Concrete Adobe: Irving Gill, Rudolph Schindler and the American Southwest
ISBN: 9781409428176 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. During the years 1919 into 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright worked on four houses and a kindergarten located in metropolitan Los Angeles using concrete blocks as the main building material. The construction system has been described by Wright and others as 'uniquely molded', 'woven like a textile fabric' and perceived as ground breaking, truly modern, unprecedented. Many have attempted to uphold these claims while some thought the house-designs borrowed from old exotic buildings. For the first time this book brings together Wright's declarations, the support of upholders and inferences in order to...
During the years 1919 into 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright worked on four houses and a kindergarten located in metropolitan Los Angeles using concrete blocks ...
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760,80 zł |
Higgins: Adventures in Glass
ISBN: 9780764300219 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Pioneers in fused studio and production glass since the 1940s, Michael and Frances Higgins continue to create some of today's most collectible glass objects. Higgins: Adventures in Glass chronicles their careers and accomplishments in the studio, at Dearborn Glass Company and at Haeger Potteries. A must-have for glass collectors and 1950s/1960s fans alike, this new book features 645 full-color photos, company catalog, vintage advertising, interviews with the artists and price guide. The Higgins' "modern miracles with everyday glass" will appeal to all with an interest in mid-20th century...
Pioneers in fused studio and production glass since the 1940s, Michael and Frances Higgins continue to create some of today's most collectible glass o...
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288,53 zł |
Specs Appeal: Extravagant 1950s & 1960s Eyewear
ISBN: 9780764314032 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "The eyes have it," in this colorful selection of outrageously whimsical eyeglass stylings from the fabulous 1950s and hip 1960s Whether dotted with rhinestones, molded into "cat's-eyes," or built up into tiara-like proportions, eyeglass frames with "specs appeal" are among today's hottest and most collectible fashion accessories. The 450 color photos and vintage ads shown here offer a dazzling eyeful of the best these eras had to offer. From harlequins to earring glasses, French "girl-watchers" to the original "rose-colored glasses," these eye-catchers capture '50s and '60s eyewear design...
"The eyes have it," in this colorful selection of outrageously whimsical eyeglass stylings from the fabulous 1950s and hip 1960s Whether dotted with ...
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194,08 zł |
On Frank Lloyd Wright's Concrete Adobe: Irving Gill, Rudolph Schindler and the American Southwest
ISBN: 9781138245846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. During the years 1919 into 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright worked on four houses and a kindergarten located in metropolitan Los Angeles using concrete blocks as the main building material. The construction system has been described by Wright and others as 'uniquely molded', 'woven like a textile fabric' and perceived as ground breaking, truly modern, unprecedented. Many have attempted to uphold these claims while some thought the house-designs borrowed from old exotic buildings. For the first time this book brings together Wright's declarations, the support of upholders and inferences in order to...
During the years 1919 into 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright worked on four houses and a kindergarten located in metropolitan Los Angeles using concrete blocks ...
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283,28 zł |