Main entry:

Snyder, Daniel E., (Architect), author.

Title & Author:

The tender detail : ornament and sentimentality in the architecture of Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright / Daniel E. Snyder.

Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

Description:

xxiv, 276 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : Frank Lloyd Wright, sentimentalizing over the dead -- Part One. Louis H. Sullivan -- 2. The plastic decorations are distinctly architectural in conception -- 3. That object he became -- 4. Femininity -- Part Two. Frank Lloyd Wright -- 5. No damned sentimentality either -- 6. Integral Ornament at Last -- 7. 'Like a man' -- Part Three. Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright -- 8. That supreme erotic adventure of the mind -- 9. Ornament purely as such -- 10. Epilogue : When we are dead.

Summary:

"The Tender Detail tells a story about the repression of sentimentality through architectural ornament. The protagonists are Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, two of the most important architects and designers of ornament in American history. Exploring how both men worked to solve the problem of late nineteenth-century ornamentation, the book interweaves close readings of their buildings and writings with wide ranging discussions across the fields of architecture, sexuality, gender, and philosophy. It suggests that their solutions, while widely different, were both intimately rooted in the tender emotions of sentimentality. Viewing ornament in this way reveals much, not only about Sullivan and Wright's artistic intentions, but also about the role of affect, the value of beauty, and the agency and ontology of objects. Illuminated by personal stories from their respective autobiographies, which add a level of human interest unusual in an academic work, The Tender Detail is a readable, scholarly study which sheds fresh light on Sullivan and Wright's relationship, their work, and on the nature of ornament itself" Back cover

ISBN:

1350099619 (hardcover)
9781350099616 (hardcover)
(electronic book)
9781350099623
9781350099647
(ePub ebook)
9781350099630

Subject:

Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 Criticism and interpretation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation.
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Sentimentalism.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
Sentimentalisme.
architectural ornament.

Form/genre:

Informational works.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documents d'information.

Added entries:

Snyder, Daniel E., (Architect), author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309794
Call No.: BIB 254953
Status: Available