Edgar Miller and the Hand-Made Home Chicago's Forgotten Renaissance Man

Name: Edgar Miller and the Hand-Made Home Chicago's Forgotten Renaissance Man
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ISBN: 9780978545055

ISBN-10: 0978545052

ISBN-13: 9780978545055

Edition: N/A

Authors: Richard Cahan, Michael Williams, Alexander Vertikoff

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Embracing old-world skills in a technological age, Edgar Miller was Chicago's last Renaissance artist. He was a fine painter, a master wood carver, and one of the nation's foremost stained glass designers. He could sculpt, draw hunting portraits, and was considered a pioneer in the use of graphic art in modern advertising. His artistic genius came together in four artistic studios he built on Chicago's north side in the 1920s and 1930s. He touched almost every inch of the studios with daring and surprise. He took rustic brick, crude stone, salvaged tile, found glass, steel, and wood, then "Edgarized" the homes with stained glass windows, frescos, murals, tile work, and wood carving. This…

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List price: $50.00
Publisher: CityFiles Press
Publication date: 10/13/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 9.00" wide x 12.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 5.830
Language: English

Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas and novels and the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He has written operas for young people based on African mythology, as well as the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world.