Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson: Transforming the American Mind - Hardcover

How Emerson's philosophy shaped Wright's architecture. A groundbreaking study of transcendentalism in modernist practice.

Rahmani argues that Wright's belief-that buildings restore intellectual freedom-comes directly from Emerson's essays. The architecture is applied philosophy. This shift changes how you read both Wright's buildings and Emerson's texts.

Essential for faculty teaching American intellectual history, philosophy, or architecture. Pair it with assigned readings in Emerson and site visits to Wright buildings.

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