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Monica Danforth HUM 2250 Professor Jones 29 March 2011
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Born June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin William and Anna Wright Biography
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Dropped out of high school Parents divorced=distant relationship with father Creativity started with Froebel toys invented by Friedrich Froebel Biography
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Early Beginnings Compared goals of an architect to musician Rhythm and balance “Form becomes Feeling” Opened printing press Started with mechanical drawings of various structures $35 a month Architecture degree at University of Wisconsin-Madison Architecture not popular at the time Dropped out of college and moved to Chicago
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Chicago 1887 Large population Center of shipping and railways Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871 Created more opportunities for Wright
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Chicago School
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The Start of a Certain Style
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First House
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Modernism Unity Temple
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Galesburg Country Homes
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Guggenheim Museum
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Millard House
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Modernism The Larkin Building One of Wright’s first industrial works Intended to give workers a more human working environment
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Fallingwater
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HOW IT WAS BUILT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CVKU3ErrGM
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