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Frank Lloyd Wright: Europe and Beyond
Anthony Alofsin (Ed.)
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Description for Frank Lloyd Wright: Europe and Beyond
Hardback. This collection of essays examines Frank Lloyd Wright's importance in countries around the world. Interwoven in the essays are stories of champions and critics, rivals and acolytes, books and exhibitions, attitudes toward America and individualism, and the ways his ideas were brought to the world. Editor(s): Alofsin, Anthony. Num Pages: 294 pages, 145 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 912.
Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has ... Read more
Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520211162
SKU
V9780520211162
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About Anthony Alofsin (Ed.)
Anthony Alofsin is Martin Kermacy Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written a new introduction to Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Wasmuth monograph, Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright (Studies and Executed Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1998) and is the author of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Lost Years, 1910-1922 (1993).
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