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Julia Morgan : an intimate biography of the trailblazing architect

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  • Temps de fonctionnement: 08:10 hrs
    Voix de: Victoria Kastner, Cindy Kay
    Publisher:
    Chronicle Books, 2021
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Temps de fonctionnement: 08:10 hrs
    Voix de: Victoria Kastner, Cindy Kay
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Kastner, Victoria
    Contributor: Vertikoff, Alexander
    Date:
    Created
    2021
    Summary:

    This biography draws on interviews, letters, and Morgan's diaries, including never-before-seen reflections on faith, art, and her life experiences. Morgan's friendship with Hearst, her passion for California's landscape, her struggles with familial dementia, and her devotion to architecture reveal her to have been a singularly brilliant and determined artist.

    Contents:
    • Glimpsing the future
    • A California childhood
    • Setting a course
    • Really mine now
    • Making a name
    • Running the office
    • A little something
    • A widening scope
    • Descending fortunes
    • Out from the shadows.
    Genre:
    Art and architecture, Biographies and autobiographies
    Sujets: Architects | Morgan, Julia | Women architects
    Original Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781797205632, 1797205633, 9781797215969