The great American architect Louis Sullivan believed that art should reveal the creative method of nature. The greatest artist was the poet, whose understanding of nature spurred social change. In his writings, drawings and architectural designs, Sullivan's poetic genius is apparent, as is his life objective, a rebirth of American democracy ...
In this book, contributors Kathryn Smith, Neil Levinem and Richard Cleary concentrate on two themes: Smith focuses on Wright's interests in the imagery of water in architecture while Levine and Cleary look at Wright's relationship with Edgar Kaufmann and analyze the results of that relationship.
This inaugural issue is devoted to studies of Taliesin I. Designed and constructed in 1911 upon Wright's return to Wisconsin from Europe, Taliesin I burned in August 1914. It thus became the most difficult Wright residence for Wright scholars to examine. In this volume's critical essays, Neil Levine offers a view of the different layers of meaning ...
From 1875 to 1945, the arts and architecture flourished in Cuba. The passing of power from the old patrician class to the emerging middle class together with the emergence of the free enterprise system contributed to a vibrant exchange of ideas and opportunities between the island and the United States. When Cuba gained independence from Spain in ...
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Carlos Venegas, Narciso G. Menocal, Jose Gelabert-Navia, Jean-Francois Lejeune, Zoila L. Becali, Helen L. Kohen, Juan A. Molina, Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, Maria Luisa Lobo Montalvo
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