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1 Monica Danforth HUM 2250 Professor Jones 29 March 2011

2   Born June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin  William and Anna Wright Biography

3   Dropped out of high school  Parents divorced=distant relationship with father  Creativity started with Froebel toys invented by Friedrich Froebel Biography

4  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

5  Chicago 1887  Large population  Center of shipping and railways  Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871  Created more opportunities for Wright

6  Chicago School

7 The Start of a Certain Style

8  First House

9 Modernism Unity Temple

10 Galesburg Country Homes

11 Guggenheim Museum

12 Millard House

13 Modernism The Larkin Building One of Wright’s first industrial works Intended to give workers a more human working environment

14 Fallingwater

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19 HOW IT WAS BUILT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CVKU3ErrGM

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