Walter Gropius - Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus

Informationen zum Autor A well-known broadcaster and critic, Fiona MacCarthy established herself as one of the leading writers of biography in Britain with her widely acclaimed book Eric Gill , published in 1989. Her biography of Byron was described by A. N. Wilson as 'a flawless triumph' and William Morris won the Wolfson History Prize and the Writers' Guild Non-Fiction Award. She most recently published Last Curtsey, a memoir of her early life as a debutante. Fiona is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 2009. Klappentext The charismatic founder of the Bauhaus has his life story in its intersection with twentieth century history and the formation of modern art put into immersive context and detail in this three-dimensional portrait from Fiona MacCarthy. A Radio 4 "Book Of The Week" upon first publication. Zusammenfassung Fiona MacCarthy's captivating biography of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius is a 'masterpiece' (Edmund de Waal)

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A masterpiece. Edmund De Waal

Product details

• Authors: Fiona MacCarthy, MacCarthy Fiona
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.02.2020
• EAN: 9780571295142
• ISBN: 978-0-571-29514-2
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Architecture, Biography: general, Individual architects & architectural firms, DESIGN / History & Criticism, Biography: arts & entertainment, History of Art, Modernism, History of Architecture, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual architects and architectural firms