Frank Lloyd Wright (Headway Guides for Beginners Great Lives Series) [Paperback]

Geoff Nicholson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Beginner's Guides (Hodder & Stoughton) | Publication Date: March 2003

Frank Lloyd Wright was the first great American architect. His buildings are ruggedly individualistic, often single-family homes, and even when he devised utopian schemes for larger numbers of people he still envisaged homes on large plots of land. In the course of his career he designed about a thousand structures. His designs included skyscrapers, gas stations, churches, as well as hundreds of individual houses. This volume balances a biography with an analysis of Wright's influence as an architect and designer.

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This handy series from Headway offers brief yet lucid introductions to the world’s cultural icons. Each book examines the life, the work, and the legends surrounding its subject, and key terms and concepts are highlighted and clearly explained. Additionally, each chapter ends with a review section for easy reference and to help consolidate the reader’s understanding of the text.

About the Author

Geoff Nicholson was born in Sheffield. He has an MA in English from Cambridge and his PhD study is on Andy Warhol and Stan Brakhage. He has taught creative writing at Epsom College of Art.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340846143
• ISBN-13: 978-0340846148
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,269,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars No frills Wright, October 29, 2008

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This review is from: Frank Lloyd Wright (Headway Guides for Beginners Great Lives Series) (Paperback)

For those who would like to know more about Mr. Wright, this is the starting point. It reminds me of an extended encyclopedia entry. It's very accurate, complete and straight forward. It's a complex story of murder, arson, hubris, womanizing, and genius. It's rolled out in a very interesting and, if brief, authoritative and digestable form.
I recommend it for those of high school age and beyond. Unfortunately it does not contain any photos of Mr. Wright's works. The line drawings are just OK.