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Frank Lloyd Wright: America´s Master Architect
Kathryn Smith
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Description for Frank Lloyd Wright: America´s Master Architect
Hardback. Examining the life of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), arguably America's most celebrated architect, this work explores the grace and beauty found in all facets of Wright's work: from early prairie houses to the giant Midway Gardens, and from theatre curtain designs to office desk and chair sets. Num Pages: 144 pages, 173 colour illustrations, 11 b&w illustrations, index, chronology, further reading. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; AM; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 260 x 21. Weight in Grams: 971.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is unquestionably America's most celebrated architect. Even today, almost forty years after his death, he continues to tower over the architectural landscape. In fact, his career was so long and his accomplishments so varied it can be difficult still to grasp the full range of Wright's achievement. In this refreshing new study, Wright scholar Kathryn Smith does just that, exploring the grace and beauty found in all facets of Wright's work: from office desks and chairs to his first residential commissions, from magazine cover designs to major public buildings. The concise text and brilliant color ... Read more
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is unquestionably America's most celebrated architect. Even today, almost forty years after his death, he continues to tower over the architectural landscape. In fact, his career was so long and his accomplishments so varied it can be difficult still to grasp the full range of Wright's achievement. In this refreshing new study, Wright scholar Kathryn Smith does just that, exploring the grace and beauty found in all facets of Wright's work: from office desks and chairs to his first residential commissions, from magazine cover designs to major public buildings. The concise text and brilliant color ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780789202871
SKU
V9780789202871
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About Kathryn Smith
Kathryn Smith is the author of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin and Taliesin West and Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House, and Olive Hill: Buildings and Projects for Aline Barnsdall, and is a former professor of architectural history at the Southern California Institute of Architecture.
Reviews for Frank Lloyd Wright: America´s Master Architect
"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