Frank Lloyd Wright (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Charles Twombly
- First Published: 1973
- Time of Work: 1867–1959
- Setting: Wisconsin, Chicago, Arizona, and New York
- Principal Characters: Frank Lloyd Wright, Anna Lloyd Jones Wright, William Wright, Catherine Lee Tobin Wright, Mamah Borthwick Cheney, Miriam Noel Wright, Olga “Olgivanna” Milanoff Wright
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Nature, Lifestyles, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Biography, Houses, mansions, or manors, Architecture or architects
- Locales: New York, Chicago, IL, Arizona, Wisconsin
Form and Content
Frank Lloyd Wright: An Interpretive Biography documents the life and work of the United States’ most influential architect. His long career is divided into eleven phases, each treated in a separate chapter and presented in chronological order. Robert Charles Twombly has interpreted Wright’s designs as expressions of a social philosophy shaped by the turmoils of his private life. The author relates formative childhood experiences in detail and deals frankly with Wright’s unconventional relationships with women.
When he was eighteen, Wright...
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