Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House: The Illustrated Story of an Architectural Masterpiece
- 作者
- 出版社 Dover Publications
- 出版时间 2017年3月
- ISBN 0486291200 或 9780486291208
- 定价 122.00
内容简介
"Mr.Hoffmann'smagisterialcommandofthevastWrightliteratureismatchedbyhisgiftforplacingthearchitectinthebroaderculturalcrosscurrentsofhistime…longarespectedWrightauthority,[heisin]theveryforefrontofhispeers."—TheNewYorkTimes
BuiltinSpringfield,Illinois,in1902–04forsocialiteSusanLawrenceDana,thelavishhomeknownastheDanaHousewasdesignedforextensiveentertainingandforhousingtheowner'sartcollection.ThehousewasthelargestandmostornamentalresidenceFrankLloydWrighthadconstructeduptothattime.
Thelines,dynamicstructure,decorativesculpture,andathousandotherfelicitiesofthismagnificenthousearecapturedhereinahandsomepictorialessaybynotedarchitecturalhistorianDonaldHoffmann.Morethan160rarephotographsandlinedrawings—includinginteriorandexteriorviews,plans,elevations,sketches,andstudies—clearlydocumentWright'sresidentialmasterpiece.Theinformativeandperceptivetextdiscussesthehistoryandbackgroundofthehouse;itssite,plans,andconstruction;theelementsandprinciplesunderlyingitsdesign,andmanyotheraspectsofthehome'screation.
BuiltinSpringfield,Illinois,in1902–04forsocialiteSusanLawrenceDana,thelavishhomeknownastheDanaHousewasdesignedforextensiveentertainingandforhousingtheowner'sartcollection.ThehousewasthelargestandmostornamentalresidenceFrankLloydWrighthadconstructeduptothattime.
Thelines,dynamicstructure,decorativesculpture,andathousandotherfelicitiesofthismagnificenthousearecapturedhereinahandsomepictorialessaybynotedarchitecturalhistorianDonaldHoffmann.Morethan160rarephotographsandlinedrawings—includinginteriorandexteriorviews,plans,elevations,sketches,andstudies—clearlydocumentWright'sresidentialmasterpiece.Theinformativeandperceptivetextdiscussesthehistoryandbackgroundofthehouse;itssite,plans,andconstruction;theelementsandprinciplesunderlyingitsdesign,andmanyotheraspectsofthehome'screation.
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