Tag Archives: Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Style

Japan and the prairie house companion

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Dave

The simplicity of Japanese art deflating the mock heroics of Western art… In effect, Frank Lloyd Wright at the turn of the century was refusing to have any commerce with either the past or the present of Western art. It … Continue reading →

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parasites: provincialism on the prairie

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Dave

To Frank Lloyd Wright, out of the Renaissance had come “debased” styles of rococo and baroque, natural extensions of its intrinsic sensuality and extravagance.” He was stunned by the sensualism, and despite his own private life and his own sensually … Continue reading →

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wright time wrong place: buy the cow

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Dave

Frank Lloyd Wright was a foe of the academicians in his youth. He later grew to disdain painting and sculpture generally and to see architecture as the only art. The end result of all this was the Guggenheim Museum. A … Continue reading →