The influence that Japan - as well as its culture and architecture - exerted on the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is most evident in his own creations. Unlike his contemporaries in the United States, who viewed European architecture as part of their heritage, Wright chose Japan and the Japanese culture as his aesthetic model. This influence was also reflected in his collections of art objects, sculptures and, above all, prints. In 1906, he displayed his ukiyo-e woodblock print collection at an exhibition of Hiroshige's works held at the Art Institute of Chicago. He had begun collecting the prints a year earlier, during his first trip to Japan. As one of the pioneer collectors of such works in the West, and an astute art dealer, he immediately developed an interpretive theory which he published in 1912 - The Japanese Print: An Interpretation. The book became a fundamental reference work for experts and amateurs of Japanese art and for anyone seriously striving to understand Wright's architecture.This new deluxe edition is based on the 1967 edition of The Japanese Print and includes further writings on the subject by Wright: Shibaraku (Wright's introduction to the Arts Club Exhibition Catalogue 1917), In Trust for Posterity (Wright's introduction to the Anderson Galeries Exhibition Catalogue 1927), The Ancient Journal of Japan and In Pursuit of the Print (both of which come from Wright's 1943 Autobiography). This is a very attractive, large format (royal quarto), slipcased edition. The edition is limited to 1000 copies and each is numbered.
About the Author: Frank Lloyd Wrightis considered to be one of the greatest 20th century architects. Fallingwater is undoubtedly his best-known work. De formation universitaire en philosophie (esthetique), traducteur, essayiste, est avec Dominique Le Buhan l'auteur des Douze questions posees a Jean Beaufret a propos de Martin Heidegger et le traducteur des essais de Max Kommerell sur Holderlin. Son gout profond de la poesie l'a amene a publier des traductions de poetes allemands comme celle des poemes de Maximin de Stefan George, et plus recemment, celle de l'oeuvre d'August von Platen. . Historienne de l'art, directeur de recherche au CNRS. Docteur es lettres (1947). Epouse de Marcel Brion (1895-1984).