Nature form and spirit the life and legacy of George Nakashima
Nakashima, Mira
Nature form and spirit the life and legacy of George Nakashima - New York Abrams 2003 - 280p.
CONTENT
6 Acknowledgments
7 Preface
8 Introduction
11 The Nakashima Family
13 Nakashima's Youth
15 Nakashima and the Bauhaus
16 Life in Paris
18 Nakashima and Le Corbusier
20 Tokyo: The Firm of Antonin Raymond
22 The Mingei Movement and the Revival of Folk Art Tradition
25 Frank Lloyd Wright and the Arts and Crafts Movement
27 The Way of Tea
30 Church at Karuizawa
33 Nakashima and Sri Aurobindo
35 Golconde
39 The Sources of Spirituality in Nakashima's Work
40 From India to Bucks County
62 Japanese Roots of Nakashima's Aesthetic
66 The Shaker Legacy
73 Nakashima and Knoll Studios
78 Nakashima's Catalogues
116 Theory and Practice
123 The Process of Furniture-making
136 Experiments in Thin-Shell Technology:
Conoids, Hypars, Barrel Vaults, and Cantilevers
162 Widdicomb-Mueller and Frenchman's Cove
172 The Conoid Line
182 Ben and Bernarda Shahn
188 I Go Out into the World
190 Nagare, Minguren, and Ahmedabad
208 Return to New Hope
214 The Rockefellers' Japanese House
218 Sacred Spaces, Scissors Trusses, and Adobe
236 Altars for Peace
243 Day's End
244 Lean Years
254 Nakashima Today
267 Chronology
271 Suggested Further Reading
272 Index
275 Glossary
275 Photograph Credits
9780810945364
745.2092-N / NAK
Nature form and spirit the life and legacy of George Nakashima - New York Abrams 2003 - 280p.
CONTENT
6 Acknowledgments
7 Preface
8 Introduction
11 The Nakashima Family
13 Nakashima's Youth
15 Nakashima and the Bauhaus
16 Life in Paris
18 Nakashima and Le Corbusier
20 Tokyo: The Firm of Antonin Raymond
22 The Mingei Movement and the Revival of Folk Art Tradition
25 Frank Lloyd Wright and the Arts and Crafts Movement
27 The Way of Tea
30 Church at Karuizawa
33 Nakashima and Sri Aurobindo
35 Golconde
39 The Sources of Spirituality in Nakashima's Work
40 From India to Bucks County
62 Japanese Roots of Nakashima's Aesthetic
66 The Shaker Legacy
73 Nakashima and Knoll Studios
78 Nakashima's Catalogues
116 Theory and Practice
123 The Process of Furniture-making
136 Experiments in Thin-Shell Technology:
Conoids, Hypars, Barrel Vaults, and Cantilevers
162 Widdicomb-Mueller and Frenchman's Cove
172 The Conoid Line
182 Ben and Bernarda Shahn
188 I Go Out into the World
190 Nagare, Minguren, and Ahmedabad
208 Return to New Hope
214 The Rockefellers' Japanese House
218 Sacred Spaces, Scissors Trusses, and Adobe
236 Altars for Peace
243 Day's End
244 Lean Years
254 Nakashima Today
267 Chronology
271 Suggested Further Reading
272 Index
275 Glossary
275 Photograph Credits
9780810945364
745.2092-N / NAK