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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786787403321

Autore

McCrea Ron

Titolo

Building Taliesin : Frank Lloyd Wright's home of love and los / / Ron McCrea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Madison, Wisconsin] : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-87020-637-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Classificazione

ARC000000ARC011000ARC003000ARC005000ARC005070ARC006000ARC008000ARC020000BIO001000HIS036090HIS036060PHO001000PHO023100

Disciplina

720.92

Soggetti

Spring Green (Wis.) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface    ""; ""Introduction: Taliesin I: Lost and Found""; ""Chapter 1. From Tuscany to Taliesin""; ""Chapter 2. “The Beloved Valleyâ€?""; ""Chapter 3. Building Taliesin""; ""Chapter 4. Life Together""; ""Chapter 5. Transformations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Illustration Credits""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

"Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, which would be the architect's principal residence for the rest of his life. Photos taken by Wright's associates show rare views of Taliesin under construction and illustrate Wright's own recollections of the first summer there and the craftsmen who worked on the site. The book also brings to life Wright's "kindred spirit," "she for whom Taliesin had first taken form," Mamah Borthwick. Wright and Borthwick had each abandoned their families to be together, causing a scandal that reverberated far beyond Wright's beloved Wisconsin valley. The shocking murder and fire that took place at Taliesin in August 1914 brought this first phase of life at Taliesin to a tragic end"--