Communities of Frank Lloyd Wright - Taliesin and Beyond

Informationen zum Autor Myron Marty Klappentext Marty presents an in-depth look at a less discussed aspect of Frank Lloyd Wrights life and carrerthe Taliesin Fellowship. The original Taliesin! located in Spring Green! Wisonsin! was Wrights summer house but later was transformed into a residential community which he and his second wife named the Taliesin Fellowship. Its purpose was to provide a means for apprentices to learn of architecture and life in beautiful natural surrounding. Marty begins with Wrights arrival in Chicago in the late 1880s and follows his experience with assistances! apprentices! and other architects through the official founding of the Fellowship in 1932. Zusammenfassung Frank Lloyd Wright! a fervent believer in individualism and an advocate of democracy! worked in communities throughout his career of more than six decades. These communities! which he led with authority! made possible his extraordinary productivity. This book presents a study of Wright's life in relation to Taliesin and his other communities.

Product details

• Authors: Myron Marty, Myron A. Marty
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2009
• EAN: 9780875803968
• ISBN: 978-0-87580-396-8
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General