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| Title | : | Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life (Penguin Lives) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.86 (693 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143114298 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
Pulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography of America?s greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright?s masterpieces? from the tranquil Fallingwater to Taliesin, rebuilt after tragedy and murder?not only exploring the mind of the man who drew the blueprints but also delving into the very heart of the medium, which he changed forever.
. From Publishers Weekly The fascinating life and work of the great American architect gets a stimulating, well-balanced treatment in this installment of the Penguin Lives series. All rights reserved. He also acquired a self-righteous rectitude with which he faced down dubious clients, the architectural establishment, and the creditors who would bedevil him throughout a free-spending but impecunious life. Huxtable, the Wall Street Journal architecture critic, pairs a critique of Wright's architecture with an engaging narrative of his scandalous private life, including his abandonment of his first family, the murder of a mistress and her children by a deranged servant, and other tempestuous relationships with artistic, high-strung women. She is clearly a big fan: he
Frank lloyd Wright and his influence on modern architecture B. W. Sass The author of this book, Ada Louise Huxtable, is a well known architectural historian, critic, and journalist.This book is a compact review of modern architecture that features a superficial portrait of FLW - his life, philosophy, theories and personality - and his influence on architecture, internationally. There are about ten poorly reproduced black and white photographs that provide inadequate illustration of the FLW style and work.This short treatment is not intended to be a serious or technical study of the great architect's work. There are other biographies and volumes for that. The most content in the fewest words Books about Mr. Wright, especially those that delve into his personal life, tend to grow like kudzu. Their authors start out intending to present a coherent, concise picture of the man, but they find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, controversy, and innuendo that swirls about him even today. Too many authors abandon any pretense of order and just splash it all down on paper, leaving the reader to hack through the resulting jungle alone.Ms. Huxtable's admirable book is the first Wright biography I've seen that resists the temptatation to make the reader do al. "So Much that is Wright" according to JAD. There is so much that is right about this handy and elegant little biographical volume that anyone who wants to know about Frank Lloyd Wright would find themselves in good company with the brilliant Ms. Huxtable. It is an excellent starting point and may be all that the general reader will need to satisfy a level of interest in the great American architect. Or it may send the reader looking for more--and with all that has been and is being written about Frank Lloyd Wright, that could easily become a lifelong quest.For those who do not have that kind of time to give the subject, trust
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