The Tender Detail

Zusatztext Snyder writes in such an illuminating, often moving way about, not just Sullivan and Wright, or ornament and architecture, but the human condition A very personal, moving and illuminating book. Informationen zum Autor Daniel Snyder is an independent scholar and Principal in Daniel E. Snyder Architect, P.C. Klappentext 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.Interweaving close readings of their architecture and writings with wide-ranging discussions about sexuality, gender, and philosophy, the book explores how both men worked to solve the problem of late nineteenth-century ornamentation. 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.Examining Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright's solutions to the problem of an ornament. Zusammenfassung 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.Interweaving close readings of their architecture and writings with wide-ranging discussions about sexuality, gender, and philosophy, the book explores how both men worked to solve the problem of late nineteenth-century ornamentation. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface1 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 feminityPart 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 Wright8 that supreme erotic adventure of the mind 9 Ornament purely as such 10 Epilogue: when we are dead BibliographyIndex...

Vorwort
Examining Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright's solutions to the problem of an ornament.

Autorentext
Daniel Snyder is an independent scholar and Principal in Daniel E. Snyder Architect, P.C.

Klappentext

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. Interweaving close readings of their architecture and writings with wide-ranging discussions about sexuality, gender, and philosophy, the book explores how both men worked to solve the problem of late nineteenth-century ornamentation. 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.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface 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 feminity 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 Bibliography Index