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Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright´s Architectural Exhibitions
Kathryn Smith
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Description for Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright´s Architectural Exhibitions
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 57 color illus. 188 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AGC; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 241. Weight in Grams: 245.
The first history of Frank Lloyd Wright's exhibitions of his own work--a practice central to his career More than one hundred exhibitions of Frank Lloyd Wright's work were mounted between 1894 and his death in 1959. Wright organized the majority of these exhibitions himself and viewed them as crucial to his self-presentation as his extensive writings. He used them to promote his designs, appeal to new viewers, and persuade his detractors. Wright on Exhibit presents the first history of this neglected aspect of the architect's influential career. Drawing extensively from Wright's unpublished correspondence, Kathryn Smith challenges the preconceived notion ... Read more
The first history of Frank Lloyd Wright's exhibitions of his own work--a practice central to his career More than one hundred exhibitions of Frank Lloyd Wright's work were mounted between 1894 and his death in 1959. Wright organized the majority of these exhibitions himself and viewed them as crucial to his self-presentation as his extensive writings. He used them to promote his designs, appeal to new viewers, and persuade his detractors. Wright on Exhibit presents the first history of this neglected aspect of the architect's influential career. Drawing extensively from Wright's unpublished correspondence, Kathryn Smith challenges the preconceived notion ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
244 g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691167220
SKU
V9780691167220
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About Kathryn Smith
Kathryn Smith is an architectural historian who specializes in Frank Lloyd Wright. Her books include Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master; Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House, and Olive Hill: Buildings and Projects for Aline Barnsdall; and Schindler House. She lives in Santa Monica, California.
Reviews for Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright´s Architectural Exhibitions
Smith refutes the public and historical notion of Wright as a self-promoter by drawing on evidence of his being an innovator and a social activist who sought divergent routes to publicizing his work for the sake of artistic progress and social improvements. Smith illuminates the multimedia component of Wright's work ... to shed light on the broader discourse of architecture ... Read more