Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson : Transforming the American Mind / Ayad Rahmani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahmani, Ayad B. (Architect), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Criticism and interpretation.

Wright, Frank Lloyd.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Influence.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Architecture and society--United States--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana : Louisiana State University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson: Transforming the American Mind is an interdisciplinary volume of literary and cultural scholarship that examines the link between two pivotal intellectual and artistic figures. It probes the degree to which the transcendentalist author influenced the architect's campaign against dominant strains of American thought. Inspired by Emerson's writings on the need to align exterior expression with interior self, Wright believed that architecture was not first and foremost a matter of accommodating spatial needs, but a tool to restore intellectual and artistic freedom, too often lost in the process of modernization. Ayad Rahmani shows that Emerson's writings provide an avenue for interpreting Wright's complex approach to country and architecture. The two thinkers cohered around a common concern for a nation derailed by nefarious forces that jeopardized the country's original promise. In Emerson's condemnations of slavery and inequality, Wright found inspiration for seeking redress against the humiliations suffered by the modern worker, be it at the hands of an industrial manager or an office boss. His designs sought to challenge dehumanizing labor practices and open minds to the beauty and science of agriculture and the natural world. Emerson's example helped Wright develop architecture that aimed less at accommodating a culture of clients and more at raising national historical awareness while also arguing for humane and equitable policies. Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson presents a new approach to two vital thinkers whose impact on American society remains relevant to this day.

Contents:

COVER

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction

1. Of Prophets, Heroes &amp

Poets

2. On the Brink of Fear: The Sublime in Wright's Work

3. Designing for a New Ocular Regime

4. The Loss of Perspective in Broadacre City

5. Black &amp

Blue: Mental and Physical Furniture

6. The Guggenheim and the Physics of Continuity

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rahmani, Ayad Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson

ISBN:

9780807180945

0807180947

9780807180938

0807180939

OCLC:

1375563310