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OverviewThe Wisconsin-born Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is recognized worldwide as an iconic architectural genius. In 1911 he designed Taliesin to use as his personal residence, architectural studio, and working farm. A century later Randolph C. Henning has assembled a splendid collection of rare vintage postcards, some never before published, that provides a revealing and visually unique journey through Wright's work at Taliesin. Included are intimate images of Taliesin at various stages and views of the building just after the tragic 1914 fire. The postcards also depict nearby buildings designed by Wright, including the Romeo and Juliet windmill and two buildings for the Hillside Home School. Henning provides useful explanations that highlight relevant details and accompany each image. Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin documents and celebrates Wright's 100-year-old masterpiece. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Randolph C. Henning , Kathryn A. SmithPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.443kg ISBN: 9780299282844ISBN 10: 0299282848 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 30 April 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA valuable, intimate tour of an extraordinary design when it was new, before the myth of Wright took root. -Alan Hess, author of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Buildings These postcard photos provide the 'missing link' in the evolving designs of Taliesin. It has always been a difficult building to understand through photographs, but Henning clears up many of the mysteries. I had many 'a-ha' moments as I studied the images and accompanying text. The images of the folks standing in the ashes after the fire at Taliesin are chilling and reveal the fascination with tragedy. -Thomas A. Heinz, American Institute of Architects These postcard photos provide the 'missing link' in the evolving designs of Taliesin. It has always been a difficult building to understand through photographs, but Henning clears up many of the mysteries. I had many 'a-ha' moments as I studied the images and accompanying text. The images of the folks standing in the ashes after the fire at Taliesin are chilling and reveal the fascination with tragedy. --Thomas A. Heinz, American Institute of Architects A valuable, intimate tour of an extraordinary design when it was new, before the myth of Wright took root. --Alan Hess, author of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Buildings Ingenious. . . . Thanks to this book the reader is able to gain insight into the architect's thought process and appreciate, anew, a 20th-century masterpiece. -- Style 1900 A valuable, intimate tour of an extraordinary design when it was new, before the myth of Wright took root. Alan Hess, author of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Buildings These postcard photos provide the missing link in the evolving designs of Taliesin. It has always been a difficult building to understand through photographs, but Henning clears up many of the mysteries. I had many a-ha moments as I studied the images and accompanying text. The images of the folks standing in the ashes after the fire at Taliesin are chilling and reveal the fascination with tragedy. Thomas A. Heinz, American Institute of Architects Ingenious. . . . Thanks to this book the reader is able to gain insight into the architect s thought process and appreciate, anew, a 20th-century masterpiece. Style 1900 A valuable, intimate tour of an extraordinary design when it was new, before the myth of Wright took root. Alan Hess, author of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Buildings These postcard photos provide the missing link in the evolving designs of Taliesin. It has always been a difficult building to understand through photographs, but Henning clears up many of the mysteries. I had many a-ha moments as I studied the images and accompanying text. The images of the folks standing in the ashes after the fire at Taliesin are chilling and reveal the fascination with tragedy. Thomas A. Heinz, American Institute of Architects Ingenious. . . . Thanks to this book the reader is able to gain insight into the architect s thought process and appreciate, anew, a 20th-century masterpiece. Style 1900 <p> Ingenious. . . . Thanks to this book the reader is able to gain insight into the architect's thought process and appreciate, anew, a 20th-century masterpiece. -- Style 1900 <p>“These postcard photos provide the ‘missing link’ in the evolving designs of Taliesin. It has always been a difficult building to understand through photographs, but Henning clears up many of the mysteries. I had many ‘a-ha’ moments as I studied the images and accompanying text. The images of the folks standing in the ashes after the fire at Taliesin are chilling and reveal the fascination with tragedy.”—Thomas A. Heinz, American Institute of Architects   Author InformationRandolph C. Henning is the author of At Taliesin: Newspaper Columns by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship, 1934-1937 and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin: Illustrated by Vintage Postcards. He is a practicing architect and lives in Lewisville, North Carolina. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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