The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowsh

Description: The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright & The Taliesin Fellowship by Roger Friedland (2006) First Ed. Editorial Reviews Product Description Frank Lloyd Wright was renowned during his life not only as an architectural genius but also as a subject of controversy—from his radical design innovations to his turbulent private life, including a notorious mass murder that occurred at his Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, in 1914. But the estate also gave rise to one of the most fascinating and provocative experiments in American cultural history: the Taliesin Fellowship, an extraordinary architectural colony where Wright trained hundreds of devoted apprentices and where all of his late masterpieces—Fallingwater, Johnson Wax, the Guggenheim Museum—were born. Drawing on hundreds of new and unpublished interviews and countless unseen documents from the Wright archives, The Fellowship is an unforgettable story of genius and ego, sex and violence, mysticism and utopianism. Epic in scope yet intimate in its detail, it is a stunning true account of how an idealistic community devolved into a kind of fiefdom where young apprentices were both inspired and manipulated, often at a staggering personal cost, by the architect and his imperious wife, Olgivanna Hinzenberg, along with her spiritual master, the legendary Greek-Armenian mystic Georgi Gurdjieff. A magisterial work of biography, it will forever change how we think about Frank Lloyd Wright and his world. Review: The Seamy Side of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship!!! It's said that creative geniuses are seldom the easiest people to get along with. Frank Lloyd Wright was an archetype of that. This book details the history of the Taliesin Fellowship, the "apprentices" who flocked to Wright's studio to learn at the elbow of the Master but who largely supplied an unpaid workforce for Wright's schemes. Friedland makes a good argument that without the work of a handful of talented apprentices, such Wright masterpieces as Fallingwater, the Price headquarters, and the Guggenheim Museum, may never have been realized. But he also makes the point that the bulk of Fellowship members never amounted to much as architects, content to mimic Wright's buildings rather than apply his principles to their own designs. Underlying this is the tragic story of Wright's daughter, who was allowed to grow as a completely free spirit into a life marked by divorce, bipolarity, and eventual estrangement from the Wright group at assisted care facilities in California. Proof that creativity is often an ugly process and an important book for Wright aficionados! The book is in a good used condition. The cover is slightly damaged on the edges. · Please be serious about your bids. Checkout must be completed within 7 days of the close of auction. If payment is not received within this time period and you do not contact me to explain the reason, a dispute will be opened with eBay. If the dispute is not resolved within 5 business days, the order will be revoked and you may receive a strike from eBay. · Returns are only accepted IF: the description was inaccurate and you contact me within 3 days of receiving the item. Item must be returned in the condition at the time of shipping. Only the Bid amount will be refunded, as ALL shipping fees will be paid by the buyer. Check out my other items! N13 19/03/24 Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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