Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture
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Book Overview
A complete biography based on a wide range of previously untapped primary sources, covering Wright's private life, architecture, and role in American society, culture, and politics. Views Wright's buildings as biographical as well as social statements, analyzing his work by type, category, and individual structure. Examines Wright's struggle to develop a new artistic statement, his dramatic personal life, and his political and economic ideas, including those on cities, energy conservation, cooperative home building, and environmental preservation. Includes over 150 illustrations (photographs, floor plans, and drawings--many never before published), extensive footnotes, and the most exhaustive bibliography of Wright's published work available.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0471857971
ISBN13:9780471857976
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Wiley-Interscience
Length:464 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
clear, thorough, well-written
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This biography is extremely clear and easy to read --it details Wright's philosophy of architecture as well as his personal life, and summarizes the achievements of each important building in his career.
Everything about the life and work of Wright
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This book is very good to understand the works of Wright. The biography put always in parrallel his life with his works, so it is interesting to understand why he makes one project or another at a certain time. the books has also a good selection of photography and drawings not seen in must of the others books.
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