Frank Furness : : Architecture in the Age of the Great Machines / / George E. Thomas.
Frank Furness (1839-1912) has remained a curiosity to architectural historians and critics, somewhere between an icon and an enigma, whose importance and impact have yet to be properly evaluated or appreciated. To some, his work pushed pattern and proportion to extremes, undermining or forcing toget...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Haney Foundation Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 34 color, 84 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword The American Creativity of Frank Furness
- Prologue. A Revolutionary Generation
- Chapter 1. “Buildings Out of His Head”
- Chapter 2. The Philadelphia Client: Industry and the Future
- Chapter 3. Two Competitions: Boston’s Trinity Church and Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Chapter 4. Buildings as Machines: The Mature Architect
- Epilogue. Sullivan, Price, and Howe
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments