Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture by Robert C. Twombly (John Wiley & Sons 1979) is a complete biography of the great American architect.
This complete, carefully researched study of one of America’s most important cultural figures is the author’s second biography of Frank Lloyd Wright. Based on a wide range of previously untapped primary sources, here is a rich, detailed text that examines the world-renowned architect’s public and private life, as well as his role in twentieth century society, culture, and politics. Twombly offers an objective, close-up view of Wright and his work, replete with photographs, floor plans, and drawings – many never before published. The author’s basic methodology treats Wright’s buildings as primary sources for investigating his intellectual, emotional, and psychological makeup, viewing them as biographical as well as social statements. He explores childhood influences that directed Wright toward residential architecture, and interprets his houses both in terms of his psychological profile at various stages of his life and the social and cultural conditions they sought to address.
– Robert C. Twombly, Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture (John Wiley & Sons, 1979)
The text is in English. The book is illustrated with black-and-white photographs.
Our copy in stock is in nice condition. The pages are clean, no markings. The binding is fine. The dust jacket has a couple of tears and shows traces of edge wear, shelf wear and use.
