Title:
Frank Furness : architecture and the violent mind
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Publication Information:
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001
ISBN:
9780393730630
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Summary
Summary
Frank Furness' energy, confidence, brashness, vulgarity, and full-throated love of life vibrate in his architecture.
This first biography details his abolitionist upbringing in staid Philadelphia, the horror of war and its translation into aggressive architecture--train stations, banks, and libraries--and illuminates his influence on his century and the world.
200 black & white illustrations
Author Notes
Michael J. Lewis is associate professor at Williams College, where he teaches the history of American art.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| 1 Abolition and Architecture | p. 7 |
| 2 Frank Furness's War | p. 29 |
| 3 Late to the Feast | p. 53 |
| 4 Fortune Favors the Bold | p. 83 |
| 5 The Dog Man | p. 115 |
| 6 Brave Dreams | p. 141 |
| 7 Talkers Are No Great Doers | p. 175 |
| 8 The White City and the Red Station | p. 195 |
| 9 To Purchase Oblivion | p. 221 |
| Epilogue: The Bravest of the Brave | p. 245 |
| Notes | p. 255 |
| Index | p. 267 |
