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    Frank Lloyd Wright was heavily influenced by traditional Japanese art and architecture in his work. In the mid-1870s, he became fascinated by Japanese woodblock prints, which featured bold compositions and striking colors. He acknowledged that Japanese prints were an important part of his education as an architect. In 1893, at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Wright was further exposed to Japanese design, which he admired for its harmonious integration with nature. Later, during a visit to Japan, he was impressed by the wide, bare-earth streets of Tokyo and saw the city as a "gigantic village."

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    Frank Lloyd Wright was heavily influenced by traditional Japanese art and architecture in his work. In the mid-1870s, he became fascinated by Japanese woodblock prints, which featured bold compositions and striking colors. He acknowledged that Japanese prints were an important part of his education as an architect. In 1893, at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Wright was further exposed to Japanese design, which he admired for its harmonious integration with nature. Later, during a visit to Japan, he was impressed by the wide, bare-earth streets of Tokyo and saw the city as a "gigantic village."

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    Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan

    The role of Traditional Japanese Art and Architecture in the Work of Frank L. Right
    Japonism
    conception of beauty
    taste for exotic
    Mid -1870s , new modes of expression
    -source of fascination-woodblock prints;
    bold composition and striking colours.
    • John La Farge, NY based artist_publication_Across America and Asia
    • James J. Jarve, Independent_A glimpse at the Art of Japan
    • Sir Rutherford Alcock_Art and Art Industries in Japan
    Boston orientalists in Japan
    “The print is more autobiographical then may be imagined. If
    Japanese prints were to be deducted from my education, I don’t
    know what direction the whole might have taken.”
    World, meet Chicago

    1893 World’s Columbian Exposition


    ..setting his foot on Japanise soil.

    “(American city).. immerse gridiron of dirty noisy streets..”

    “Teeming, enourmous area is fascinating Yedo. A vast city channeled with wide
    bare-earth streets swarming with humanity.. A great ciry that is a gigantic village.”
    Sources:

    •K. Nute (1993) Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan; The role of the traditional
    Japanese Art and Architecture in the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright
    •T. A Heinz (1992) Frank Lloyd Wright Architectural Monographs No 18;
    Academy Editions/ St. Martin’s Press
    •B. Taschen (1991) Frank Lloyd Wright
    • The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1994) Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
    •http://adventuresintheprinttrade.blogspot.de/2012/06/felix-bracquemond-and-
    impressionism.html
    •https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai_Manga
    •https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e
    •http://visit1862.com/2016/01/27/reception-and-reaction-unofficial-japan-at-
    the-1862-exhibition/
    •https://streetsofsalem.com/2011/02/18/salems-orientalist/
    •https://us-japanesegardens.com/tag/wooded-island/

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