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• catalog abstract ""George Nakashima (1905-1990) is best known for his unique pieces of furniture, which are prized for their respect for the natural forms of the tree and the inherent grain of the wood. This remarkable creative spirit was also an architect, who designed a number of distinguished buildings during his career. Above all, he was a man committed to the integration of his life as an artist with the rhythms of the natural world. Working with his family and a crew of workmen in his studio, he left a rich legacy, not only the works of his extraordinary personal artistry, but a creative tradition that continues to flourish in the Nakashima Studio today. Told by Nakashima's daughter and colleague, the designer Mira Nakashima, this story of the artist's life examines not only the furniture and the architecture that he designed, but also the philosophical and spiritual underpinning of his work, his personal worldview, his quest for the integration of humanity and nature, and for world peace." "Lavishly illustrated with superb photographs of Nakashima's work, many taken expressly for this book, and with documentary photographs from the Nakashima archive, Nature, Form, and Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima is an insightful and beautiful evocation of the life, art, and world of one of America's outstanding designers."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "Nature, form, and spirit".
• catalog contributor b13042249.
• catalog contributor b13042250.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description ""George Nakashima (1905-1990) is best known for his unique pieces of furniture, which are prized for their respect for the natural forms of the tree and the inherent grain of the wood. This remarkable creative spirit was also an architect, who designed a number of distinguished buildings during his career. Above all, he was a man committed to the integration of his life as an artist with the rhythms of the natural world. Working with his family and a crew of workmen in his studio, he left a rich legacy, not only the works of his extraordinary personal artistry, but a creative tradition that continues to flourish in the Nakashima Studio today. Told by Nakashima's daughter and colleague, the designer Mira Nakashima, this story of the artist's life examines not only the furniture and the architecture that he designed, but also the philosophical and spiritual underpinning of his work, his personal worldview, his quest for the integration of humanity and nature, and for world peace." "Lavishly illustrated with superb photographs of Nakashima's work, many taken expressly for this book, and with documentary photographs from the Nakashima archive, Nature, Form, and Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima is an insightful and beautiful evocation of the life, art, and world of one of America's outstanding designers."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 271) and index.".
• catalog description "The Nakashima family -- Nakashima's youth -- Nakashima and the Bauhaus -- Life in Paris -- Nakashima and Le Corbusier -- Tokyo: the firm of Antonin Raymond -- The Mingei movement and the revival of folk art tradition -- Frank Lloyd Wright and the arts and crafts movement -- The way of tea -- Church at Karuizawa -- Nakashima and Sri Aurobindo -- Golconde -- The sources of spirituality in Nakashima's work -- From India to Bucks County -- Japanese roots of Nakashima's aesthetic -- The Shaker legacy -- Nakashima and Knoll studios -- Nakashima's catalogues -- Theory and practice -- The process of furniture-making -- Experiments in thin-shell technology: conoids, hypars, barrel vaults, and cantilevers -- Widdicomb-Mueller and Frenchman's Cove -- The conoid line -- Ben and Bernarda Shahn -- I go out into the world -- Nagare, Minguren and Ahmedabad -- Return to new hope -- The Rockefellers' Japanese house -- Sacred spaces, scissors trusses, and adobe -- Altars for peace -- Day's end -- Lean years -- Nakashima today.".
• catalog extent "275 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0810945363 (HC)".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : H.N. Abrams,".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "749.213 21".
• catalog subject "Designers United States.".
• catalog subject "Furniture United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Furniture design United States.".
• catalog subject "NK2439.N353 N35 2003".
• catalog subject "Nakashima, George, 1905-1990 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "Nakashima, George, 1905-1990.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Nakashima family -- Nakashima's youth -- Nakashima and the Bauhaus -- Life in Paris -- Nakashima and Le Corbusier -- Tokyo: the firm of Antonin Raymond -- The Mingei movement and the revival of folk art tradition -- Frank Lloyd Wright and the arts and crafts movement -- The way of tea -- Church at Karuizawa -- Nakashima and Sri Aurobindo -- Golconde -- The sources of spirituality in Nakashima's work -- From India to Bucks County -- Japanese roots of Nakashima's aesthetic -- The Shaker legacy -- Nakashima and Knoll studios -- Nakashima's catalogues -- Theory and practice -- The process of furniture-making -- Experiments in thin-shell technology: conoids, hypars, barrel vaults, and cantilevers -- Widdicomb-Mueller and Frenchman's Cove -- The conoid line -- Ben and Bernarda Shahn -- I go out into the world -- Nagare, Minguren and Ahmedabad -- Return to new hope -- The Rockefellers' Japanese house -- Sacred spaces, scissors trusses, and adobe -- Altars for peace -- Day's end -- Lean years -- Nakashima today.".
• catalog title "Nature, form, and spirit : the life and legacy of George Nakashima / by Mira Nakashima.".
• catalog title "Nature, form, and spirit".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".