Main entry:

Nute, Kevin, 1958-

Title & Author:

Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan : the role of traditional Japanese art and architecture in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright / Kevin Nute.

Publication:

New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1993.

Description:

244 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index.
1. 'Japanism' and the Boston orientalists -- 2. Japanese Homes: the Japanese house dissected -- 3. The Ho-o-den: the temple and the villa married in south Chicago -- 4. Fenollosa and the 'organic' nature of Japanese art -- 5. Composition: the picture, the plan, and the pattern, as aesthetic line-ideas -- 6. The woodblock print and the geometric abstraction of natural, man-made, and social forms -- 7. Okakura and the social and aesthetic Ideals of the East -- 8. Japan itself: giving and receiving in 'Yedo' -- 9. Japan as inspiration: analogies with Japanese built-forms -- 10. Japan as confirmation: the universal manifested in the particular -- Appendix A. Summary of events -- Appendix B. Biographical sketches -- Appendix C. Kakuzo Okakura's catalogue of the Ho-o-den -- Appendix D. Peter Bonnet Wight's description of the Ho-o-den -- Appendix E. Ernest Fenollosa's essay on "The Nature of Fine Art" -- Appendix F. Frederick Gookin's reviews of Kakuzo Okakura's books -- Appendix G. Glossary.

Summary:

Frank Lloyd Wright's admiration for traditional Japanese pictorial art is well known, as is his insistence that neither the art nor the architecture of Japan had any direct influence on his own work. This book examines the evidence that quite apart from their philosophical lessons certain forms of Japanese art and architecture did in fact have a significant impact on Wright's early work, and one which may cast new light on his general approach to design. More specifically, the study sets out to explain Wright's particular perception of traditional Japanese art and architecture in terms of his own 'organic' design principles. And by illustrating how he brought together disparate forms and ideas in new creative syntheses it attempts to clarify the nature of his artistic originality. Eight primary channels of influence, from woodblock prints to publications and individual buildings are examined in detail, and the evidence of their impact on Wright's written and built work is illustrated through a combination of textual and graphic analyses.

ISBN:

0442309082
9780442309084

Subject:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Critique et interprétation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Et l'art japonais.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Wright, Frank Lloyd.
Architecture United States Japanese influences.
Architecture United States 20th century Japanese influences.
Architecture Japan History 20th century.
Architecture United States History 20th century Japanese influences.
Arquitectura EE. UU Influencias japonesas.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Influence japonaise.
Architecture Japon Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architecture Japanese influences
Architektur
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Japan
United States

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 154577
Call No.: NA44.W949.9 N8 1993
Status: Available