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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.92
EAN: 9780226744148
ISBN: 0226744140
Label: University Of Chicago Press
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 652
Publication Date: May 08, 1998
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Studio: University Of Chicago Press
Features:- ISBN13: 9780226744148
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Wright's family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends are explored in this evocative biography. Secrest had unprecedented access to an extensive archive of Wright's letters, photographs, drawings and books. "Secrest's achievement is to etch Wright's character in sharp relief. . . . (She) presents Wright in his every guise".--Blair Kamin, "Chicago Tribune". 121 photos.
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FLW is certainly the great man of architecture in the USA,
but as a human being he had few redeeming qualities. He
charmed his way through life, unable to ever live within
his means. Who needs two grand pianos? How many buddas
do you have to have? He lived life on a grand scale because
he acquainted it with a neccesity for a happy life. He was a
driven man. I think Meryle Secrest recounts all this and more
in her wonderful biography.
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It was a gift for someone (most of my purchases are), but the person said it was a wonderful book.
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Wright the man is chronicled here, in one of the two best biographies of the architectural superstar. One would also want to read Brendan Gill's "Many Masks" as a companion to Ms Secrest's treatment of F Ll W - just to get the harmonizing flavors of opinion.
Ms Secrest does magnificent research and shares it in a narrative that flows easily and keeps one's attention. Her information about Wright's family tree, as well as the family background of his wives and Mrs. Cheney, is more thoroughly ... Read More
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Biography is very thorough, but the writing is somewhat difficult to read due to organization.
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This is an excellent book by Meryle Secrest on Frank Lloyd Wright. It traces the career of America's foremost builder from his days in Chicago as a resident in fashionable Oak Park to his final days on the Arizona desert. Ms. Secrest does not specialize in architecture, but this appears to be an asset. While there are plenty of books that can go on (and on and on) about building techniques, this is intended for the lay person who is interested in Frank Lloyd Wright in general terms. This book provides an ... Read More
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