{"product_id":"julia-morgan-isbn-9780847869558","title":"Julia Morgan","description":"\u003cb\u003eJulia Morgan was a pioneering woman architect, best known for Hearst Castle, in the vanguard of Beaux-Arts design and style in the first half of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia Morgan was truly a pioneer of her time—among other accomplishments, she was the first woman architect to be licensed in California, in 1904. Through her remarkable  life  and  legacy,  this  book  celebrates  the Beaux-Arts  architecture  of  California.  Focusing  on Morgan’s  most  famous  project  in  the  state,  Hearst Castle,  to  which  she  devoted  more  than  30  years  of her  life,  this  volume  also  examines,  for  the  first  time, Morgan’s fabulous early buildings in the style. Morgan designed  more  than  700  buildings  across  California, many of which are designated landmarks today. Deepening  the  reader’s  understanding  of  California  archi-tecture,  this  book  also  places  into  context  Morgan’s ambitions,  her  influences  and  inspirations,  as  well  as her daily practice and challenges as a woman shaping an extraordinarily prolific and highly successful career in a man’s world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e To better understand the Beaux-Arts training Morgan underwent  in  Paris,  the  reader  is  taken  through  the challenging,   highly   arduous   Ecole   des   Beaux-Arts curriculum,  which  Morgan  completed,  a  lone  woman among men. Also explored, in detail, is the story of how the  studio  and  kilns  of  California  Faience,  a  Berkeley ceramic  artisan’s  shop,  became  the  supplier  of  tens  of thousands of tiles designed by Morgan and overseen by Hearst  himself  to  decorate  their  architectural  master-piece overlooking the Pacific Ocean.\u003cb\u003eGordon Fuglie\u003c\/b\u003e is a guest curator of exhibitions, exhibition juror, art history lecturer, writer, and project developer with a focus on the historical and contemporary legacy of California.","brand":"Rizzoli Electa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301721329893,"sku":"NP9780847869558","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847869558.jpg?v=1767730530","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/julia-morgan-isbn-9780847869558","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}