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* Read # Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind by Michael J. Lewis ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind Frank Furness' energy, confidence, brashness, vulgarity, and full-throated love of life vibrate in his architecture. This first biography details his abolitionist upbringing in staid Philadelphia, the horror of war and its translation into aggressive architecture - train stations, banks, and libraries - and illuminates his influence on his century and the world. 200 b/w illustrations]
| Title | : | Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.30 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393730638 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
A gripping readMichael J. --Eve M. Lewis paints a fascinating portrait of this ill-tempered innovator taking an infectious joy in describing Furness's free-spirited buildings. Kahn"
Lewis is the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History, Williams College. Michael J.
Frank Furness' energy, confidence, brashness, vulgarity, and full-throated love of life vibrate in his architecture. This first biography details his abolitionist upbringing in staid Philadelphia, the horror of war and its translation into aggressive architecture - train stations, banks, and libraries - and illuminates his influence on his century and the world. 200 b/w illustrations
Engrossing This book presents history and architecture in a way that everyone can (and should!) enjoy -- it is superbly and entertainingly written. Yes, more color pictures would be nice, but the real essence of this book is that it distills Furness's biography and designs into an engrossing story that also tells us about Philadelphia and America in the late nineteenth century.. Expecting more A Customer Furness must have been an intense character, and the insight this book gives on his family, childhood, history, and being a novice architect is informative, but I was hoping for a less bias, more thorough analysis and review of him and his work. And color photos! Furness's work needs to be shown with a little color, at least.. Even better than the titillating title! A Customer This book transcends the genres of both biography and architechural study to emerge a fully-formed captivating portrait of an American original. The book is also beautifully-produced. I couldn't put it down!
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