| Description |
1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Table of contents; acknowledgements; list of illustrations; abbreviations; introduction; chapter one -- furness and emerson; chapter two -- sullivan and whitman; chapter three -- wright and emerson; chapter four -- wright and thoreau; chapter five -- wright and whitman; chapter six -- wright and transcendentalist successors; appendix; bibliography; index |
| Summary |
Evolving Transcendentalism in Literature and Architecture: Frank Furness, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright demonstrates how American architects read literature and transformed abstract philosophy and literary form into physical substance. Furness, Sullivan, and Wright were inspired by such Transcendentalists as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman, and attempted to embody the concepts of nature, American identity, and Universalism in their architecture. Notably, th .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Furness, Frank, 1839-1912 fast |
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Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 fast |
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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 fast |
| Subject |
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture -- Philosophy
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Transcendentalism (New England) -- Influence
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architectural theory.
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Architecture.
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Philosophy: aesthetics.
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Nature & existence of God.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
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Architecture
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Architecture -- Philosophy
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Transcendentalism (New England) -- Influence
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1322097437 |
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9781322097435 |
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9781443866408 |
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1443866407 |
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