living with and in art Albrecht, Donald creator author. Gunther, Justin editor. Perkins, Scott editor. Falino, Jeannine author. Oles, James author. Ashby, Charlotte author. Way, Jennifer author. Bryce, Dave illustrator. text nyu 2025 1st us. monographic eng

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277 p. : ill. ; plans ; col. ; 32 cm. "A national treasure and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fallingwater is a total work of art. This book, an exciting new look at a masterpiece, is a revelation for the first time seen here in its fullness. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar Kaufmann Sr. and his wife, Liliane Kaufmann, Fallingwater is lauded for its architectural daring and drama. Here the Kaufmanns sought to live in harmony with the natural world. The rooms of the house reflect this ideal and remain suffused with a natural aesthetic that embraces stone and wood, handwork and craftsmanship. In the living room, the great stone floor flows riverlike toward the horizon of Wright-designed built-in sofas and large-paned casement windows, where views open to balconies, to forest, and to cascading falls. From here "the hatch" opens to flowing river below. Pools and rivers were beautiful and for swimming. Relaxed elegance was the order of the day. Delicacy, softness, tactility are everywhere in evidence. This atmosphere pervades the whole and serves as an organic setting for the Kaufmanns' collection of objects, paintings, textiles, sculpture, and products of craft that enrich and awaken the corners and nooks, secreted here and there on the multiple layers and throughout the rooms of the house. But much more than the sum of its parts and what it holds, Fallingwater itself is art, total and sublime"-- Living with and in art -- Edited and with an introduction by Justin Gunther and Scott W Perkins -- Foreword by Glenn Adamson -- Essay by Donald Albrecht, Charlotte Ashby, Jeannine Falino, Rebecca Hagen, James Oles, and Jennifer Way -- Principal Photography by Dave Bryce -- In Association with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy -- Contents: Foreword 13 -- Introduction 17 -- Transatlantic Crossing: European Connections at Falling Water by Donald Albrecht 29 -- Relax Elegance: American Art and Design at Falling Water by Jeannine Falino 73 -- Memories of Mexico at Bear Run by James Oles 115 -- Where Taste Meets Intention: Fallingwater’s “Asian” Collection by Jennifer Way 169 -- Scandinavian Design by Charlotte Ashby 211 -- Like Wildflowers or Birds: Fallingwater’s Textile Collection by Rebecca Hagen 243 -- Photographer’s Notes 275 -- Acknowledgments 276 -- Justin Gunther, Scott Perkins, Donald Albrecht, Jeannine Falino, James Oles, Charlotte Ashby, Jennifer Way, Dave Bryce. Criticism and interpretation Homes and haunts Kauffman family Fallingwater Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959 Pennsylvania NA737.W7 F27 2025 9780847842865 084784286X pucpr 241018 20260127152224.0 eng