 Mathematics and Music in the Art Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd WrightLeonard K. Eaton
Chapter Chapter 67 in Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, 2015, pp 305-323 from Springer Abstract: Abstract In this paper we study closely five windows from the Meyer May house (Grand Rapids, 1908). One of the attractions of the May house is that practically all of the glass has survived intact. Perhaps it is not too much to say that the windows at the May house anticipated the process which Piet Mondrian went through in the design of the paintings in his mature style of the 1920s. With Wright the situation is paradoxical. In his architecture he wanted to emulate Beethoven. In these windows he is much closer to Bartok. Also, he was constrained by came width and by the fact that windows and doors had to fill openings dictated by architectural requirements. Finally, there was his determination to employ a strictly limited palette and to create a “light screen.” Mondrian could select the size of his canvas and had a full palette of colors at his disposal. But the design process must have been strikingly similar. Keywords: Golden Section; Grand Rapid; Vertical Band; Vertical Element; Floral Element (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-00143-2_20 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00143-2_20 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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