The Wright space : pattern and meaning in Frank Lloyd Wright's houses / Grant Hildebrand.

Main entry:

Hildebrand, Grant, 1934-

Title & Author:

The Wright space : pattern and meaning in Frank Lloyd Wright's houses / Grant Hildebrand.

Publication:

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-186) and index.
The pattern -- Complexity and order, prospect of refuge -- The Prairie Houses -- Taliesin -- The California Houses -- Fallingwater -- Taliesin West -- The Usonians -- Some conclusions.

Summary:

"In this book thirty-three of Wright's domestic buildings, including all of the major houses on which his significance depends, are analyzed in detail in terms of their spatial characteristics. Fireplaces, seating, ceiling form, glazing, terraces, and roof overhangs are seen to follow a repetitive organization or pattern characterized by complementary juxtapositions of what the English geographer Jay Appleton calls "prospect" (a condition in which one can see over a considerable distance) and "refuge" (a place where one can hide). According to Appleton's theory of landscape aesthetics, this juxtaposition offers the ability to see without being seen (or to hunt successfully without being, in turn, successfully hunted) and thus, eons ago, had survival value. But such a condition must have been sought, originally, because it was intrinsically pleasurable to our species. Hildebrand finds a striking correlation in Wright's houses." Amazon.com viewed 7/28/2020.

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Table of contents

ISBN:

0295970057
9780295970059
0295971088 (pbk.)
9780295971087 (pbk.)

Subject:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Critique et interprétation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959
Wright, Frank Lloyd, (1867-1959) Critique et interprétation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd.
Architecture, Domestic United States Themes, motives.
Architects and patrons United States.
Space (Architecture) United States.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Thèmes, motifs.
Architectes et mécènes États-Unis.
Espace (Architecture) États-Unis.
Architects and patrons.
Architecture, Domestic Themes, motives.
Space (Architecture)
Architektur
Haus
Rezeption
United States.
Space (Architectu ... United States
Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation
American architects.
Houses United States 1900-1980.
Space planning.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 151613
Call No.: NA44.W949.23 H49 1991
Copy: copy 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 151614
Call No.: NA44.W949.23 H49 1991
Copy: copy 1
Status: Available

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