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 illustrationsBook Description
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“A gripping read...Michael J. Lewis paints a fascinating portrait of this ill-tempered innovator…taking an infectious joy in describing Furness's free-spirited buildings.” (Eve M. Kahn - Traditional Building )
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Michael J. Lewis teaches art history at Williams College.
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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.
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Even better than the titillating title!,
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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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For anyone interested in Furness, Architecture, Philadelphia or historic figures, this book is extraordinary. An extensively researched, beautifully written account of his life and work. Includes an excellent selection of photos and drawings.
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From the moment of his birth on November 12, 1839, Frank Heyling Furness existed in two worlds: the physical world of Quaker Philadelphia, with its prim manners and serried streets of brick rowhouses, and the cultural world of Boston, where his family originated. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
safe deposit company, fortune favors the bold, reserve brigade, building committee, supervising architect, geometric order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Frank Furness, New York, Ralph Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Academy of the Fine Arts, Reverend Furness, Broad Street Station, Reading Railroad, City Hall, New England, Society of Pennsylvania, Masonic Temple, Chestnut Street, Fairman Rogers, Greek Revival, Louis Sullivan, Rodeph Shalom, Trevilian Station, Allen Evans, West End Trust, Army of the Potomac, Bryn Mawr, Cape May, Columbia University New!
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From the moment of his birth on November 12, 1839, Frank Heyling Furness existed in two worlds: the physical world of Quaker Philadelphia, with its prim manners and serried streets of brick rowhouses, and the cultural world of Boston, where his family originated. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
safe deposit company, fortune favors the bold, reserve brigade, building committee, supervising architect, geometric order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Frank Furness, New York, Ralph Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Academy of the Fine Arts, Reverend Furness, Broad Street Station, Reading Railroad, City Hall, New England, Society of Pennsylvania, Masonic Temple, Chestnut Street, Fairman Rogers, Greek Revival, Louis Sullivan, Rodeph Shalom, Trevilian Station, Allen Evans, West End Trust, Army of the Potomac, Bryn Mawr, Cape May, Columbia University New!
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- University of Pennsylvania (PA) (Campus History Series) by Amey A. Hutchins on 14 pages
- The Seven Lamps on page 15, page 171, and Back Matter
- The Autobiography of an Idea (Dover Architecture) by Louis H. Sullivan on page 106, and Back Matter
- Reading Railroad (Fast Forward Enrichment Ser) by Barbara Gregorich on page 163, and page 188
- The Seven Lamps of Architecture (Dover Architecture) by John Ruskin on page 171, and Back Matter
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