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Nature form and spirit the life and legacy of George Nakashima

By: Publication details: New York Abrams 2003Description: 280pISBN:
  • 9780810945364
DDC classification:
  • 745.2092-N NAK
Summary: 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
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Book CEPT Library Faculty of Architecture 745.2092-N NAK Available Bill No.IN311 Dt.28/10/2014 ($80) 012841
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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

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