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

Published by Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992

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large square sewn PAPERBACK, very good lightly used copy with deep opening crease mark on spine at about page 136, fold mark on front lower corner. HILDEBRAND, GRANT. The Wright space: pattern and meaning in Frank Lloyd Wright's houses. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, 2d printing, revised, 192pp., . "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." - CONTENTS: The pattern -- Complexity and order, prospect of refuge -- The Prairie Houses -- Taliesin -- The California Houses -- Fallingwater -- Taliesin West -- The Usonians -- Some conclusions. 9780295971087 ISBN 0295971088.…

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Title
The Wright space: pattern and meaning in Frank Lloyd Wright's houses.
Author
Hildebrand, Grant, 1934-
Publisher
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992
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Soft cover

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