Reviews"Based on sound scholarship . . . set[s] forth Wright's ideas about buildings, people, nature and their interaction. . . . Warm, radiant pictures of his famous interiors will especially appeal to decorators. . . . All the pictures are of the highest quality." -- Roanoke Times , 10/18/98, Based on sound scholarship . . . set[s] forth Wright's ideas about buildings, people, nature and their interaction. . . . Warm, radiant pictures of his famous interiors will especially appeal to decorators. . . . All the pictures are of the highest quality.
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Table Of Content7 INTRODUCTION: AMERICA'S MASTER ARCHITECT 21 FORMATIVE YEARS (1887-1899) 45 PRAIRIE PERIOD (1900-1910) 99 JAPAN AND CALIFORNIA (1911-1924) 139 REGENERATION AND RENEWAL (1925-1936) 167 USONIAN PERIOD (1937-1947) 219 LATE WORKS (1948-1959) 257 WRIGHT'S ART COLLECTION 274 CHRONOLOGY 277 SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE READING 281 INDEX
SynopsisThis diminutive survey features all aspects of Wright's art, from lowslung Prairie houses to the dramatic, seminal Fallingwater, to larger projects such as his two homes, Taliesin and Taliesin West, culminating in that icon of modernism, New York's Guggenheim Museum. This satisfying volume is complete with drawings and rarely seen works from Wright's own Asian art collection., A comprehensive and affordable view of the master architect's entire oeuvre, including private residences, public buildings, furnishings, and decorative pieces., A comprehensive and affordable view of the master architect's entire oeuvre, including private residences, public buildings, furnishings, and decorative pieces. This diminutive survey features all aspects of Wright's art, from lowslung Prairie houses to the dramatic, seminal Fallingwater, to larger projects such as his two homes, Taliesin and Taliesin West, culminating in that icon of modernism, New York's Guggenheim Museum. This satisfying volume is complete with drawings and rarely seen works from Wright's own Asian art collection.