The Life Works Of Frank Lloyd Wright [Hardcover]

Maria Costantino (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 29, 1998

Covering the career of America's greatest architect from his first project at age nineteen through his final commissions, this book features more than 200 dramatic and informative full-color photographs. Also included are complete appendices of Wright's finished projects, unfinished works, and writings. The Los Angeles Times applauds the "lively, anecdotal text," and the Washington Post labels the color photographs as "handsome." The Life and Works of Frank Lloyd Wright even includes complete appendices of Wright's finished projects, unfinished works, and writings. See why the New York Times called this stunning tribute "a great gift book" and "a great buy."

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Courage Books; 1st Published edition (June 29, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762403780
• ISBN-13: 978-0762403783
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 11.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,523,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Uneven Text but some Great Pictures, March 21, 2002

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John Gibney (Blackburn, Victoria AUSTRALIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Life Works Of Frank Lloyd Wright (Hardcover)

This book is a good read and includes some wonderful, large pictures. There are many facts about the various houses, etc. that are contained in this book that I haven't found in other books on Frank Lloyd Wright's works.

However, the text often doesn't relate to the pictures on the pages, which makes it 'uncomfortable' and awkward to read and refer to the pictures at the same time.

Still, I'm happy to have this book in my library... and it's a good price as far as these sorts of books go :)

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a quality book folks, March 27, 2007

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Chris bct "music everyday" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Life Works Of Frank Lloyd Wright (Hardcover)

Size is wonderful when it comes to big color photos of FLW's work. There's about 4 full pages of text and the book is probably a fifth text. Otherwise it's photos, about 18 black and white photos, all in the front as historical introduction about a third of them pictures of people involved while the rest of the book has color photos on every page with 19 of those being the entire page and 8 of those extending onto about half of the facing page. Real nice use of the size of the book with those 19 photos. The rest have a white paper border of about a half inch. There's an appendices listing both his constructed works as well as the less frequently seen, at least in his large photo books, a list of projects. There's a 12 page In Context intro liberally filled with photos discussing the state of American in the years that FLW was beginning his career. Most of the book's photos are exterior shots. A very nice book. It's 14" x 14" really gives the photos a boost. It's a real nice book, I'm glad to own it.