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Brendan Gill's Many Masks: The Life Of Frank Lloyd Wright

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The book chosen for this review is Many Masks: The Life of Frank Lloyd Wright by Brendan Gill. This book is an excellent writing on the beginning, middle and end of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and it gives us a full look at who the man, claimed to be the greatest American Architect of the twentieth century, truly was. The most interesting part about Brendan Gill’s writings is that he knew Frank Lloyd Wright personally. Because of this, he was able to share more insight and set up multiple interviews to gain the information that he shares with us through his book.
One of the main focuses of this book was looking at Frank Lloyd Wright’s projects. The reader is shown the relationship with the clients and the process of building the project, as well as the ultimate results. We are also able to see a pattern through the construction phase of each project. It didn’t matter what kind of project it was, it was almost always the same pattern. The way it worked was there would be a client who wanted a project done start to finish. Through different types of introduction, Frank Lloyd Wright would eventually get chosen. Many times he even would recommend himself to people which just goes to show the type of personality …show more content…

He lived a very frivolous lifestyle whether he had the money to do so or not. He believed he had a right to it because of the job he was performing and because of how people viewed him in the public eye. Because of this, he was always in debt. This debt was not just in small amounts either. The debt Frank Lloyd Wright had accumulated was huge. It was so huge, that he never would fully be able to pay it off. This financial situation Wright found himself in was believed by Gill to be one of the reasons for Wright’s prideful attitude toward building and designing for clients. He was in constant need of

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