The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum Studies
Volume 21, no. 2 (Fall 1995)
Edited by Michael Sittenfeld
The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, published twice annually, presents articles on the collections and history of the Art Institute. This special issue explores the work of the Prairie School, the world-renowned architectural movement that began in Chicago at the turn of the century. An introduction to the history of the Prairie School is followed by three articles examining works in the museum’s departments of architecture and American arts, and in the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute. Two other essays in this issue discuss a rare textiles sample book designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the remarkable career of the Prairie School architect and designer Marion Mahony Griffin.
Articles in this publication:
Robert Twombly, “New Forms, Old Functions: Social Aspects of Prairie School Design”
Richard Guy Wilson, “Prairie School Works in the Department of Architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago”
Judith A. Barter, “The Prairie School and Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago”
Mary Woolever, “Prairie School Works in the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago”
Christa C. Mayer Thurman, “‘Make Designs to Your Heart’s Content’: The Frank Lloyd Wright/Schumacher Venture”
Janice Pregliasco, “The Life and Work of Marion Mahony Griffin”
112 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.
ISBN-13: 9780865591417
ISBN-10: 0865591415
