Frank Lloyd Wright--the Lost Years, 1910-1922: A Study of Influence [Hardcover]

Anthony Alofsin (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0226013669 | ISBN-13: 978-0226013664 | Publication Date: February 1, 1994 | Edition: 1

Frank Lloyd Wright: The Lost Years, 1910-1922 uncovers the real story of Wright's travels in Europe. By examining this elusive and influential period in Wright's development, Alofsin restores an important chapter to the history of modern architecture. Bringing new definition and insight to the story of Frank Lloyd Wright, this book has become a standard work on America's greatest architect.

"Alofsin has set out to explain the impact of European culture on Wright by integrating its artistic influence with the tumultuous events in his private life. . . . [He] succeeds in this ambitious goal."—Kevin Nute, Architects' Journal

"A convincing and well-documented case that these were in fact crucial and fruitful years in Wright's development as an architect. . . . Absorbing."—Catherine Maclay, San Jose Mercury News

"One of the best."—Robert Fulford, Toronto Globe and Mail

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Anthony Alofsin is the Roland Gommel Roessner Centennial Professor of Architecture and professor of art and art history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of When Buildings Speak: Architecture as Language in the Habsburg Empire and Its Aftermath, 1867-1933, and The Struggle for Modernism: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and City Planning at Harvard. He is also editor of Frank Lloyd Wright: Europe and Beyond.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 410 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226013669
• ISBN-13: 978-0226013664
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,511,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Frank Lloyd Wright--the Lost Years, 1910-1922: A Study of Influence (Paperback)

Frank Lloyd Wright has today become such a commodity that it can be hard to remember what an inquisitive and synthetic architect he was. This book reminds us that Wright had deeply researched and crafted his design process by looking both at the ancient traditions of architecture and the contemporary emergence of European modernism. In the "lost years" (1910-22, when Wright had few built commissions) he dedicated himself to the investigation of the primary form language of architecture. Alofsin's re-examination of Wright's explorations is fascinating to read--a must read for anyone interested in how and why Wright designed.