American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame / / Roxanne Kuter Williamson.
Why does one talented individual win lasting recognition in a particular field, while another equally talented person does not? While there are many possible reasons, one obvious answer is that something more than talent is requisite to produce fame. The "something more" in the field of ar...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Charts
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- ONE A Network of Connections
- TWO The Time as Well as the Place
- THREE A Consensus of Who Is Famous and Who Is Not: The Index of Fame
- PART I Case Studies: The Apprenticeship Connection
- FOUR Louis Sullivan
- FIVE Frank Lloyd Wright
- SIX Henry Hobson Richardson
- SEVEN McKim, Mead & White
- EIGHT Latrobe and His Descendants
- NINE The Bulfinch and Renwick Lines
- TEN The European Immigrant Masters in the Twentieth Century
- ELEVEN Louis Kahn
- TWELVE The Loners
- PART II Conventional Wisdom about Architects9 Predispositions for Fame
- THIRTEEN Connections: Family, Friends, Schools
- FOURTEEN Self-promotion and Publicity
- FIFTEEN Other, Weaker Patterns
- SIXTEEN The Historians as Fame Makers
- SEVENTEEN Afterword on the Fame-Making System
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Architects