Progressive design in the midwest
Subtitle: the Purcell-Cutts House and the Prairie School Collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
By: Jennifer Komar Olivarez ; with the assistance of Corine A. Wegener ; introductory essay by Roger G. Kennedy.
Contributors: Wegener, Corine A.; Kennedy, Roger G.; Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Publisher: The Institute of Arts; Distributed by the University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Purcell, William Gray, -- Criticism and interpretation.; Purcell, William Gray, 1880-1965 -- Homes and haunts -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Purcell-Cutts House (Minneapolis, Minn.); Minneapolis Institute of Arts -- Catalogs.; Prairie school (Architecture) -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Catalogs.; Prairie school (Architecture) -- Middle West -- Catalogs.; Arts and crafts movement -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Catalogs.; Arts and crafts movement -- Middle West -- Catalogs.; Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Genres: Catalogs.
Description: "Largely regarded as one of the most important movements of American architecture and design, the Prairie School helped move America into the modern age. Signaling a departure from nineteenth-century formality, its practitioners sought to create buildings that were organic and would facilitate a new, progressive way of life. This guide to the treasures of the Prairie School at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts focuses not only on the museum's collection of early twentieth-century American design but also on the Institute's historic Purcell-Cutts house, one of the most significant examples of Prairie School architecture in the country. With its historic photographs, many never before published, Progressive Design in the Midwest is a combination of history, house tour, and museum guide." "The many objects in the Institute's Prairie school collection including works by Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, William Gray Purcell, and George Grant Elmslie, among others, are described in detail. Along with each piece is a list of relevant texts, exhibitions, and the historical background of the piece, as well as information about the designer."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-185) and index.